Issues in low-level radioactive waste management

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/08940630.1987.10466331· OSTI ID:5339439

Bullard, C W

As a result of the breakdown of the nation's radioactive waste management system in 1979, Congress has set a 1992 deadline for states to join together in regional compacts to manage and dispose of their own low-level radioactive waste. This article describes the challenges and opportunities associated with developing a new generation of waste management technologies and their institutional infrastructure, and earning the public's confidence in them. It is written from the perspective of the Chair of the Central Midwest Compact (IL-KY) Compact Commission, but the issues are generic. In fact, their resolution is likely to set precedents for the way we deal with other hazardous waste in the future.

• OSTI ID: 5339439
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 37:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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