[en] This survey was made to update the report published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1974 which reviewed solid radioactive waste (radwaste) practices at light-water-cooled nuclear reactor (LWR) power plants. The main source of information in both surveys was docket material including plant annual operating reports, semiannual effluent release and waste disposal reports, etc. The earlier study covered initial criticality to December 31, 1972, while this study covers initial criticality to December 31, 1977. A comparison of pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and boiling water reactors (BWRs) shows that BWRs consistently shipped a larger total volume of solid radwaste per thermal metawatt-hour than PWRs