Published 1988
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Book
Progress in defense high-level waste disposal
Description
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is making good progress in its program to dispose of Defense High-Level Waste (DHLW) stored at the Savannah River Laboratory in South Carolina; Hanford Site in Washington; and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in Idaho. The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at Savannah River is more than 65% complete, the Hanford Site has issued its Environmental Impact Statement on disposal alternatives, and Idaho is developing disposal strategy. A decision has been made to dispose of DHLW in the civilian geologic repositories being developed as part of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), and the waste acceptance process has been defined
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Nuclear Engineering Dept.
- Imprint Place
- Tucson, AZ (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Waste management '88
- Imprint Pagination
- vp.
- Series
- Volume II: High-level waste and general interest.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 141-148.
Conference
- Title
- symposium on radioactive waste management.
- Acronym
- Waste management '88
- Dates
- 28 Feb - 3 Mar 1988.
- Place
- Tucson, AZ (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20080382
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; REVIEWS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
- Descriptors DEC
- DOCUMENT TYPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-880201--.