National activities in low-level waste

Status of regional compacts for low level waste disposal are reviewed. The first area to get a compact was the Northwestern part of the United States. The Southwestern part of the United States formed a compact under the leadership of Colorado. Under this compact, the state that generates the most waste will host the disposal site. The South Central Region states, excluding Texas, are negotiating without much success. The Midwest has completed negotiating all the principles involved in a compact and is at the point of having it written out by some lawyer. The Southeastern part has a disposal site, Barnwell in South Carolina. A compact was worked out and presented to the governors last September 24th. The Northeastern states are still in the meeting stage. Then there is one group of states left, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia and South Dakota. These are referred to as the SOL group. The author believes that every region should be really moving towards getting a disposal site