enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

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

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-level_radioactive...

   To relieve this problem and at the same time to accelerate action, Congress passed the Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-240). The Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act (LLRWPAA) extended the operation of the three existing disposal sites to December 31, 1992.

3. Low-level waste - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-level_waste

   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. Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Protection...

   Public Law 97-424, enacted in 1983, placed a 2-year prohibition on ocean dumping of any low-level radioactive waste. Public Law 100-688 terminated the dumping of sewage sludge and waste from industrial companies (commencing with the 270th day after November 18, 1988) under certain conditions. [11]

5. A leaking radioactive mound led to a crisis in Florida. What ...

   www.aol.com/news/leaking-radioactive-mound-led...

   What to know about Piney Point, a former industrial site that threatened the health of Tampa Bay. A leaking radioactive mound led to a crisis in Florida. What’s next for the toxic site?

6. Mount Trashmore (Florida) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Trashmore_(Florida)

   Aerial photo of the mountain. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park, colloquially known as Mount Trashmore, is a 225-foot high (69 m) landfill site located in an unincorporated area of northern Broward County, Florida, bordered by the cities of Pompano Beach, Coconut Creek, and Deerfield Beach, alongside the east side of Florida's Turnpike between mile markers 69 and 70.

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

   www.aol.com/news/not-just-toxic-chemicals...

   800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ... may actually contain low-level radioactive waste. Records show that from the 1940s through the 1960s, it was not uncommon for local hospitals, labs ...

8. List of Superfund sites in Florida - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in...

   This is a list of Superfund sites in Florida designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

9. A Cold War-era bomb shelter in Florida has new owners. What's ...

   www.aol.com/cold-war-era-bomb-shelter-100924902.html

   fort pierce, fla. — An "iron curtain" has descended here. Residents near a Cold War-era nuclear bomb shelter are wondering what the property's new owners are doing on the other side of the chain ...