1996 annual report on low-level radioactive waste management progress. Report to Congress

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/564102· OSTI ID:564102

This report is prepared in response to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (the Act), Public Law 96-573, 1980, as amended by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, Public Law 99-240. The report summarizes the activities during calendar year 1996 related to the establishment of new disposal facilities for commercially-generated low-level radioactive waste. The report emphasizes significant issues and events that have affected progress in developing new disposal facilities, and also includes an introduction that provides background information and perspective on US policy for low-level radioactive waste disposal.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 564102
• Report Number(s): DOE/EM--0332; ON: DE98001966; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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