Published 1986
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H.R. 5423: a bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to suspend the site characterization process, and for other purposes. Introduced in the House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session, August 13, 1986
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Description
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to suspend the site characterization process specifically to withhold any funds for sites nominated as repositories. A Federal Nuclear Waste Board will implement the Act. The revised siting guidelines will recognize different geologic media in establishing siting criteria. The Board will also establish a panel to analyze disposal capacity and establish the need for a second repository, determine whether such capacity is technologically feasible, and to rank options
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Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office.
- Imprint Place
- Washington, DC (USA)
- Imprint Pagination
- 14 p.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18037994
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Legislative Material
- Descriptors DEI
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; GEOLOGIC SURVEYS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; LEGISLATION; NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SITE SELECTION; STORAGE FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Descriptors DEC
- ATOMIC ENERGY LAW; LAW; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; WASTES