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Nuclear Energy's Dilemma: Disposing of Hazardous Radioactive Waste Safely

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 9, 1977
Report No. EMD-77-41
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Summary:

The unsolved problem of radioactive waste disposal threatens the future of nuclear power in the United States. Nuclear critics, the public, business leaders, and government officials concur that a solution to the disposal problem is critical to the continued growth of nuclear energy. The Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) has begun a program to demonstrate, by the mid-1980's, the feasibility and safety of placing radioactive wastes in deep geological formations.

Nearly all operations that produce or use nuclear materials generate radioactive waste. Locations must be found to isolate these wastes and their harmful environmental effects.

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