High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal - A Fact Sheet Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal - A Fact Sheet

Creator

  • Author: Holt, Mark
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 1993-11-04

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: 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.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Solid wastes
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Radioactive waste disposal

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: 93-958 ENR
  • Accession or Local Control No: 93-958 ENR 1993-11-04
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metacrs75
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