Published October 1985 | Version v1
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Managing the nation's nuclear waste. Overview: Nuclear Waste Policy Act

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Signed into law by the President on January 7, 1983, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act established a national policy for safely storing, transporting, and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. This overview presents the following information on the Nuclear Waste Policy Act: (1) background; (2) permanent repository; (3) siting guidelines and mission plan; (4) monitored retrievable storage; and (5) nuclear waste funds. (DT)

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01 as DE86005390.

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Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
DOE/NBM--6005390

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17045575
Subject category
S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; TRANSPORT
Descriptors DEC
ATOMIC ENERGY LAW; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; LAW; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR MATERIALS; STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE; WASTES