Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.2C as amended Nuclear energy policy of the United States



nevada , california highway patrol officers conduct radiological surveys , mechanical inspections on first nevada test site transuranic waste shipment @ area 5 radioactive waste management complex located on nevada test site. shipment destined waste isolation pilot plant located near carlsbad, new mexico on january 4, 2004.



a waste removal project @ former fort greely nuclear power plant. seen here, workers attempted remove 1500 cubic yards of soil contaminated extremely low levels of nuclear waste



the current locations across u.s. nuclear waste stored



the united states planned store nuclear waste @ south portal of yucca mountain facility.


the nuclear waste policy act of 1982 established both federal government’s responsibility provide place permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste , spent nuclear fuel, , generators responsibility bear costs of permanent disposal. act provides extensive state, tribal, , public participation in planning , development of permanent repositories. amendments act focused federal government s efforts, through doe, on studying possible site @ yucca mountain, nevada, project canceled in 2009. without long-term solution store nuclear waste, nuclear renaissance in u.s. remains unlikely. 9 states have explicit moratoria on new nuclear power until storage solution emerges .








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