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  2. Low-level radioactive waste policy of the United States

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    The Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act (LLRWPAA) extended the operation of the three existing disposal sites to December 31, 1992. After that time the three sites could close or exclude waste from outside the compacts in which they were located.

  3. Low-level waste - Wikipedia

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    Waste with specific activities above these thresholds are categorised as either Intermediate-level waste (ILW) or high-level waste (HLW) depending upon the heat output of the waste [2]. Very Low Level Waste (VLLW) is a sub-category of LLW. VLLW is LLW that is suitable disposal with regular household or industrial waste at specially permitted ...

  4. Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact

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    The compact was established by the "Compact Law" and the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments of the 1985." The Central Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact and US Ecology purchased land 2 miles west of Butte, Nebraska in the early 1990s with the intention of placing a dump site there. There was extensive controversy and the ...

  5. Another defeat for cleaning up low-level nuclear waste ... - AOL

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    Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste is DOE’s plan to start treating low-activity radioactive waste first at the Vit Plant and then start treating high-level radioactive waste sometime in the 2030s.

  6. Work to finally start under disputed $45B contract for ... - AOL

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    About $3 billion a year is spent on environmental cleanup of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste at the sprawling Eastern Washington site. Work to finally start under disputed $45B contract ...

  7. Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program - Wikipedia

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    Cleanup activities were initially performed under the supervision of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), until 1997 when the United States Congress passed authority for cleanup activities to the USACE. The primary source of contamination at the locations stems from the processing of uranium ores and the disposal of the byproducts.

  8. It's not just toxic chemicals. Radioactive waste was also ...

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    In a 1999 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency titled "Inventory of radioactive waste disposals at sea," a grainy map shows that at least 56,261 containers of radioactive waste were ...

  9. Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972

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    A specific dumping prohibition was included for radiological, chemical and biological warfare agents, high-level radioactive waste and medical wastes. Restrictions have since been placed on dumping activities in the New York Bight Apex, and sewage sludge dumping at the "106-Mile Site" offshore of New Jersey ended in 1992.

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