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

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   In response to the complex disposal issue, Congress passed the Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-573), which established that each state was responsible for disposing LLRW generated within its boundaries. [5] Congress asserted that LLRW could be most safely and efficiently managed on a regional basis.

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. Maxey Flats - Wikipedia

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   The Maxey Flats low-level radioactive waste disposal site is a Superfund site in Kentucky which served as a disposal site for low-level nuclear waste from 1963 to 1977. [1] Investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency , among others, determined that plutonium stored at the site had migrated beyond the site's trenches, and the site was ...

5. Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program - Wikipedia

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   The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) is a United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project to manage and cleanup environmental contamination that resulted from early United States Atomic Energy Commission activities.

6. EnergySolutions - Wikipedia

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   EnergySolutions sought permission in 2011 from the State of Utah for its "Semprasafe" process to blend, or dilute, the currently allowed Class A low-level radioactive waste with more radioactive Class B and Class C wastes until it just meets the Class A waste levels its license allows per container at its Clive disposal site. [16]

7. Ocean disposal of radioactive waste - Wikipedia

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   1983 Moratorium on low-level waste dumping; 1988 Assessing the Impact of Deep Sea Disposal of Low-level Radioactive Waste on Living Marine Resources. IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 288; 1990 Estimation of Radiation Risks at Low Dose. IAEA-TECDOC-557; 1993 Russia reported the dumping of high level nuclear waste including spent fuel by former ...

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

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   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 ]