Nuclear Waste : Questions and Proposals

by Martin A. Wooten, Bernie C. Huber (Editor)

Overview

Almost 30 years ago, Congress addressed increasing concerns regarding the management of the nation's growing stockpile of nuclear waste by calling for the federal collection of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level nuclear waste (HLW) for safe, permanent disposal. Passed in 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) was an effort to establish an explicit statutory basis for the Department of Energy (DOE) to dispose of the nation's most highly radioactive nuclear waste. The NWPA requires DOE to remove spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants, in exchange for a fee, and transport it to a permanent geologic repository or an interim storage facility before permanent disposal. This book explores the effects of a termination of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program with a focus on the need for a comprehensive DOE strategy that supports environmental cleanup decisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619429963
Publisher:	Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/30/2012
Pages:	157
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Chapter 1 Closing Yucca Mountain: Litigation Associated with Attempts to Abandon the Planned Nuclear Waste Repository Todd Garvey 1

Chapter 2 Background Paper on Commingling of Defense and Commercial Waste: BRC Staff 27

Chapter 3 Commercial Nuclear Waste: Effects of a Termination of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program and Lessons Learned: United States Government Accountability Office 59

Chapter 4 DOE Nuclear Waste: Better Information Needed on Waste Storage at DOE Sites as a Result of Yucca Mountain Shutdown: United States Government Accountability Office 97

Chapter 5 Nuclear Material: DOE's Depleted Uranium Tails Could be a Source of Revenue for the Government: United States Government Accountability Office 121

Chapter 6 Nuclear Waste: DOE Needs a Comprehensive Strategy and Guidance on Computer Models that Support Environmental Cleanup Decisions: United States Government Accountability Office 131

Index 153