Download or read book Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal written by Mark Holt and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-07 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
Download or read book Mission Plan for the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program Public comments on the Draft Mission Plan written by United States. Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mission Plan for the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal written by Mark Holt and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Although civilian radioactive waste encompasses a wide range of materials, most of the current debate focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository. NWPA established an office in the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop such a repository and required the program's civilian costs to be covered by a fee on nuclear-generated electricity, paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund. Amendments to NWPA in 1987 restricted DOE's repository site studies to Yucca Mountain in Nevada. DOE is studying numerous scientific issues at Yucca Mountain in pursuing a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the planned repository. Major questions about the site include the likelihood of earthquakes, volcanoes, water infiltration, and human intrusion. The FY2009 budget request for the nuclear waste program is $494.7 million, 28% above the FY2008 appropriation. However, the FY2008 level of $386.4 million is about $50 million below the FY2007 level and more than $100 million below the Administration's FY2008 request. The House Appropriations Committee approved DOE's full request for FY2009, and the Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $388.4 million. Funding for the program is currently under a continuing resolution (P.L. 110-329). NWPA's goal for starting to load waste into the repository was 1998, but that date has been pushed back repeatedly. The latest budget cuts are likely to delay waste shipments to Yucca Mountain until at least 2020, according to program managers. DOE submitted a license application for the repository to NRC June 3, 2008, and NRC docketed the application September 8, 2008. NWPA requires NRC to issue a licensing decision within four years of receiving DOE's application. The NRC license is to be based on radiation exposure standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency, which issued revised standards September 30, 2008. The Administration proposed legislation on March 6, 2007, to repeal the statutory cap on the amount of waste at Yucca Mountain, reduce the scope of environmental reviews for the repository, change budget procedures so that program funding could be increased more easily, exempt nuclear waste sent to Yucca Mountain from disposal requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and allow preemption of state and local transportation requirements. A similar bill (H.R. 5360, S. 2589) did not pass in the 109th Congress.
Download or read book Department of Energy s Civilian Nuclear Waste Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Civilian Radioactive Waste Disposal written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Department of Energy s Role in Managing Civilian Radioactive Waste written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Although federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, new storage and disposal facilities have frequently been c h a l l e n g e d on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Civilian radioactive waste ranges from the highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants to the far-lessradioactive uranium mill tailings that result from the processing of uranium ore. Most of the debate over civilian waste disposal focuses on spent fuel and on low level waste from nuclear power plants, medical institutions, civilian research facilities, and industry. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a repository in a deep geologic formation that is unlikely to be disturbed for thousands of years. NWPA established an office in the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop such a repository and required the program's civilian costs to be covered by a fee on nuclear-generated electricity, paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund. Amendments to NWPA in 1987 restricted DOE's repository site studies to Yucca Mountain ...
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Download or read book OCRWM Mission Plan Amendment written by United States. Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
