Managing the nation's commercial high-level radioactive waste

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5512284

This study presents the findings and conclusions of OTA's analysis of Federal policy for the management of commercial high-level radioactive waste. Broad in scope and balanced in approach, its coverage extends from technological and organizational questions to political ramifications...the environmental impact of building repositories...and even dealing with Indian tribes affected by repository site selection and development. Emphasis is on workable strategies for implementing the National Waste Policy Act of 1982, including a mission plan for the program...a monitored retrievable storage proposal...and a report on mechanisms for financing and managing the program. Nine appendicies are included. They furnish additional data on such topics as policymaking, history, and the system issues resolved in NWPA.

• OSTI ID: 5512284
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AMERICAN INDIANS
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FINANCING
FUELS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
IMPLEMENTATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MINORITY GROUPS
MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS
POLITICAL ASPECTS
POPULATIONS
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC OPINION
PUBLIC RELATIONS
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR MATERIALS
RECOMMENDATIONS
SITE SELECTION
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
SPENT FUELS
STATE GOVERNMENT
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TRANSPORT
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US NRC
US ORGANIZATIONS
US OTA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES