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Record Nr.

UNINA9910696131503321

Titolo

Nuclear waste [[electronic resource] ] : plans for addressing most buried transuranic wastes are not final, and preliminary cost estimates will likely increase : report to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives / / United States Government Accountability Office

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007]

Descrizione fisica

ii, 28 pages : digital PDF file

Soggetti

Alpha-bearing wastes

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 18, 2007).

"June 2007."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Acountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-07-761."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Results in brief -- Background -- Cleanup agreements require DOE to address sites where transuranic wastes are buried -- DOE is containing buried transuranic wastes in place at two sites but is still developing cleanup plans at the largest waste sites -- Estimated costs to address waste disposal areas in which transuranic wastes are buried will likely increase -- Agency comments and our evaluation -- append. I. Scope and methodology -- append. II. Comments from the Department of Energy.