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Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Feb. 24, 2006
Report Number IB92059
Authors Mark Holt, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository that is unlikely to be disturbed for thousands of years. Low-level waste sites are a state responsibility under the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980. Pursuant to that act, 10 regional compacts for disposal of low level waste have been approved by Congress. Three commercial low-level waste sites are currently operating, in the states of South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.