Open Access1996 annual report on low-level radioactive waste management progress. Report to Congress
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/564102
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , business , environmental planning , waste disposal , waste management , engineering , environmental science
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