• DocumentCode
    849987
  • Title

    An Overview of the U. S. Department of Energy´s Waste Management Program

  • Author

    Meyers, Sheldon

  • Author_Institution
    Office of Nuclear Waste Management U. S. Department of Energy Washington, D. C. 20545
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    1265
  • Lastpage
    1267
  • Abstract
    The purpose of this paper is to describe the nuclear waste management program of the Department of Energy (DOE) including the effect of the recent report of a Presidentially-appointed Interagency Review Group (IRG) on the program. The paper summarizes the historical background of some key issues relating to nuclear wastes; lists the major recommendations of the IRG report; and reviews the elements of the DOE program and the changes which might be made as a result of the IRG report.
  • Keywords
    Biology; Energy management; Geology; Hazards; Milling machines; Protection; Radioactive pollution; Research and development; US Department of Energy; Waste management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1980.4331005
  • Filename
    4331005
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=849987