Published September 1996
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Journal article
Appeals Court: DOE must take spent fuel or pay the consequences
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Description
The US District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) unconditionally obligated the US DOE to commence accepting spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from utilities on or before 31 January 1998. This article describes the background and history of the case and the court decision and the reasons for it
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radwaste Magazine
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 15-18.
- ISSN
- 1070-9541
- CODEN
- RDMGEK
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28050912
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Descriptors DEI
- LEGAL ASPECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS
- Descriptors DEC
- FUEL ELEMENTS; MANAGEMENT; REACTOR COMPONENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT