Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Policy
Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Policy

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 0756701449

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Witnesses include: Lake H. Barrett, Acting Dir., Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Dept. of Energy; Reps. Shelley Berkley and Jim Gibbons; Senators Jeff Bingaman, Richard Bryan, Jim Bunning, Conrad Burns, Larry E. Craig, Pete V. Domenici, Peter G. Fitzgerald, Bob Graham, Rod Grams, Mary Landrieu, Frank Murkowski, and Harry Reid; Shirley Ann Jackson, Chmn., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Michael Mariotte, Exec. Dir., Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Erle Nye, Chmn. and Chief Executive, Texas Utilities Company; and John G. Strand, Michigan Public Service Commission.

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

Author: Mark Holt

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2012-10-07

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1437989098

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This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.