Department of Energy does not plan to use an abandoned salt mine at Lyons, Kansas, for nuclear high-level waste disposal

Technical Report · Tue Mar 23 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5322260

DOE's current high-level waste disposal program is aimed at opening an underground repository by the end of this century. The sites under consideration are in the States of Washington, Nevada, Texas, Mississippi, Utah, and Louisiana. Based on many years of tracking and reporting on DOE's high-level nuclear waste isolation program, the Lyons, Kansas salt mine is no longer being considered for high-level nuclear waste disposal. In addition, in recent conversations among officials from DOE, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Kansas State Government, and the Rickano Corporation, it was confirmed that the Lyons mine is not part of the Federal high-level waste program.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Energy and Minerals Div.
• OSTI ID: 5322260
• Report Number(s): EMD-82-64; ON: DE82903973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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