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Environment, Energy and Transportation ProgramRadioactive Waste NewsA Quarterly Summary of Generation, Transportation, Storage and Disposal Issues
January 2002
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Federal Activity |
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The Department of Energy decided on Jan. 11, 2002, that it plans to recommend Yucca Mountain, Nev., to President George W. Bush as a host for a high-level radioactive waste repository.
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Low-Level Waste |
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Nebraska has spent more than $9,000 per day ($5.6 million during the past two years and $2.2 million this fiscal year) for legal battles related to the failed efforts to site a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in Boyd County.
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State/Local/Tribal |
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Senator Buster Brown (Texas) has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2002. Brown who chairs the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, has sponsored a number of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility bills during past legislative sessions.
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International |
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A facility built five years ago to process mixed oxide fuel (MOX) soon will open in Sellafield, England. Mixed oxide fuel is a mixture of plutonium and uranium.
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