Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

[摘要] The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository that is unlikely to be disturbed for thousands of years. Low-level waste sites are a state responsibility under the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980. Pursuant to that act, 10 regional compacts for disposal of low level waste have been approved by Congress. Three commercial low-level waste sites are currently operating, in the states of South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.

[发布日期] 2003-09-15 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Solid wastes;Radioactive waste disposal