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High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal - A Fact Sheet

The Federal government's high-level waste disposal program is designed to build a permanent repository for highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and defense facilities. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) created an office in the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop this repository, to be paid for by a fee on nuclear-generated electricity.

Date: November 4, 1993

Creator: Holt, Mark

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Nuclear Weapons: Disposal Options for Surplus Weapons-Usable Plutonium

With the end of the Cold War, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START), and other agreements, the United States and Russia have dramatically reduced their arsenals of nuclear weapons. As a result, each side has accumulated large stockpiles of plutonium, one of the principal materials used in nuclear warheads. The United States recently declared a holding of approximately 50 metric tons of weapons-usable plutonium excess to military needs. Even greater levels are believed to exist in Russia. more

Date: May 22, 1997

Creator: Johnson, Craig M. & Davis, Zachary S.