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Title: LLW Notes Supplement, May/June 1994: Ward Valley, California: Legal issues in summary

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This document is a digest of the major issues raised by the petitioners for the superior court`s consideration and of the responses to those issues that were supplied by the state respondents. The issues have been extracted from a joint memorandum filed by the petitioners on March 9. The responses are taken from the state respondents` April 6 memorandum. The superior court`s decision about the merit of each issue - as reported in the court`s May 4 order - is also included. This information is necessarily summary in nature. Persons interested in a detailed explanation of these lawsuits are directed to the parties` memorandums of March 9 and April 6, as well as to the court`s May 4 order.

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Afton Associates, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
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USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
369650
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DOE/LLW-96013425
ON: DE96013425; NC: NONE; TRN: 96:023281
Resource Type:
Technical Report
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Other Information: PBD: 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; LEGAL ASPECTS; LAWSUITS; PLUTONIUM 239; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

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Norris, C., and Lovinger, T. LLW Notes Supplement, May/June 1994: Ward Valley, California: Legal issues in summary. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/369650.
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abstractNote = {This document is a digest of the major issues raised by the petitioners for the superior court`s consideration and of the responses to those issues that were supplied by the state respondents. The issues have been extracted from a joint memorandum filed by the petitioners on March 9. The responses are taken from the state respondents` April 6 memorandum. The superior court`s decision about the merit of each issue - as reported in the court`s May 4 order - is also included. This information is necessarily summary in nature. Persons interested in a detailed explanation of these lawsuits are directed to the parties` memorandums of March 9 and April 6, as well as to the court`s May 4 order.},
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year = {Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994},
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