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Don't Waste Utah!
Utah waste dumps. If anyone could cut through the present obstacles and establish a new nuclear waste disposal facility, Doug Foxley would have the ... nuclear waste disposal facility he would shortly propose. Some said an MRS-type facility, others maintained it would be a facility to compete with Envirocare's lucrative business in low-level waste disposal ...
www.downwinders.org

OCRWM - History Of The Nuclear Waste Program
Of The Nuclear Waste Program In 1982, Congress established a national policy to solve the problem of nuclear waste disposal. This policy is a federal law called the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. Congress based this policy on what most scientists worldwide agreed is the best way to dispose of nuclear waste. The Nuclear Waste ...
www.ocrwm.doe.gov

Nuclear Waste
The guidance establishes criteria to be followed when these wastes are disposed of. Under Section 121(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, the ... in fabrication of nuclear weapons. In 2000, low-level waste disposal facilities received about 3.3 million cubic feet of commercially generated radioactive waste. Of this, 8.2% came from nuclear reactors, 83. ...
www.policyalmanac.org

Climate Change - Energy: Nuclear
With a radioactive half-life of 25,000 years, nuclear waste remains dangerous for 250,000 years. As well, mining uranium for nuclear power ... figures for nuclear do not include related costs to society from environmental and health damage, or the costs of accidents, clean up, waste disposal or plant decommissioning. And nuclear plants are not ...
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Office of Radiation Protection - Waste Management Section Home Page - Washington State Department of Health
Waste Management Section The mission of the Waste Management Section is to license and regulate the commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal site, uranium millsite, and radioactive waste ... - Radioactive Waste Disposal Program SC Department of Health & Environmental Control - Division of Waste Management U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ...
www.doh.wa.gov

LLW Waste Site Home Page
In 2006, volumes for low-level waste are expected to be less than 50,000 cubic feet. Waste Disposal A Department of Health inspector examines each shipment of waste prior to disposal ... of Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington State, Department Of Ecology, Nuclear Waste Program Links to external resources are provided as a public ...
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EIA Energy Kids Page- Nuclear Energy (fusion and fission), Uranium, Atomic Energy
Spent fuels and other radioactive wastes are the principal environmental concern for nuclear power. Most nuclear waste is low-level radioactive waste. It consists of ... radioactive dust or particles. These materials are subject to special regulation that govern their disposal so they will not come in contact with the outside environment. On the ...
www.eia.doe.gov

ECNT » Current Campaigns » Other » Toxics & Waste - Nuclear Waste Dump
Europe, Asia and North America. There is a growing global crisis in high level waste disposal and many overseas companies and governments are looking to Australia to dump their waste ...
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Gorleben - Saturday: Nuclear waste convoy resistance
Gorleben - Saturday: Nuclear waste convoy resistance Gorleben - Saturday: Nuclear waste convoy resistance Up-to-date News from the area Luechow - Dannenberg 10.45am - Eviction The ... the Castors getting to Gorleben, but about backing out of nuclear technology. Talking about a final disposal will take place when all nuclear power stations are turned off! 13.55 - At 14.30 ...
www.eco-action.org

Nuclear energy
Earlier disposal practices, such as dumping of nuclear waste at sea, have been completely stopped by formal treaty because of environmental concerns (and by cessation of furtive scuttling of nuclear ...
www.edugreen.teri.res.in