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One Hundred Centuries of Solitude: Redirecting America's High-Level Nuclear Waste Policies
One Hundred Centuries of Solitude Redirecting America's HighLevel Nuclear Waste Policies Author:James Flynn, James Chalmers When Congress passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, it directed the Department of Energy to locate, study, license, and develop a deep underground repository for high-level nuclear wastes. As the authors of this study show, by 1987 the program was in shambles, beset by opposition from every state that had a potential storage site. Congres... more »s passed amendments to the original legislation that designated Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the only site for study and development.« less