Published 1991
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Journal article
US radioactive waste management: the task ahead
Description
By the turn of the century, more than 40 000 tonnes of spent US nuclear waste will have been produced. The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible for developing a waste management program that meets stringent federal (EPA and NRC) protection standards. DOE began repository field studies this year at Yucca Mountain. As the Secretary of Energy called for DOE to begin spent fuel acceptance in 1998, a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility is planned. 1 fig
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Europe Worldscan
- Journal Volume
- 11
- Journal Issue
- 9-10
- Series
- Nucl. Eur. Worldscan.
- Journal Page Range
- 11-12
- ISSN
- 1016-5975
- CODEN
- NEWOE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 23017495
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Descriptors DEI
- HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PLANNING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; USA
- Descriptors DEC
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NORTH AMERICA; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES