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May 5, 2015 · Written Testimony on S. 1240 – Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013. Document submitted at the request of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on August 14, 2013 as part of the record for a hearing held on July 30, 2013.

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) established a program to deal comprehensively with the waste byproducts of nuclear power generation, as well as defense-related radioactive wastes, if appropriate.

With the passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the policy debate surrounding nuclear waste management shifted from broad issues of problem definition to the question of "how" to implement the provisions of the Act. Among the more important...

May 5, 2015 · Since Congress passed the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act — which required the federal government to take possession of commercial spent nuclear fuel by 1998 and dispose of it along with high-level radioactive defense waste in a permanent geological repository — there have been many reasons for the lack of progress.

Aug 14, 2013 · The Nuclear Waste Administration Act (S. 1240) appears to strike a balance between the competing values of public accountability and insulation from political influence, write Lynn Davis and Debra Knopman.

Nov 5, 2010 · This monograph evaluates the main technical and institutional approaches to spent nuclear fuel management and identifies implications for the development of spent fuel management policy. The authors find that on-site storage, centralized interim storage, and permanent geological disposal are generally safe, secure, and low- to moderate-cost ...

Nov 8, 2010 · In testimony presented before the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, Tom LaTourrette asserts that the four basic technical approaches to managing spent nuclear fuel can be combined to develop four strategy alternatives to dealing with the waste, distinguishable in how they address different societal priorities.

Jan 11, 2013 · Past Problems with Nuclear Waste Management. The organizational design of the Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management contributed less to the problems than the initial Nuclear Waste Policy Act and subsequent congressional and executive branch actions involving funding and the siting of a disposal facility.

It compares the wastes generated in three alternative nuclear fuel cycles. The first cycle is low-enriched uranium in once-through mode (LEU-OT), which is the choice followed by the great majority of the civilian nuclear reactor operators in the world.