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Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

Nuclear Energy

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Breaking Down Nuclear Waste as a Two-Part Issue
The U.S. Department of Energy is now planning separate repositories for commercial waste and the waste from the military's nuclear weapons production instead of disposing of both in the same repository as originally intended. Decoupling different parts of the nuclear waste problem is a small but positive step forward.
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May 5, 2015
Las Vegas Sun
Tom LaTourrette, Debra Knopman

Nuclear Sciences

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San Onofre Risk Factors
The ongoing effort to open a spent fuel repository in the U.S. demonstrates the magnitude of the technical and political challenges of such an undertaking, writes Tom LaTourrette.
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Jun 20, 2013
The Orange County Register
Tom LaTourrette