HR 5819 · 96th Congress · Environmental Protection
Low Level Radioactive Waste Storage and Technology Demonstration Act of 1979
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1979-11-07)
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Low-Level Radioactive Waste Storage and Technology Demonstration Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish, operate, and maintain at least nine but no more than 14 low-level radioactive waste repositories located at appropriate sites in the continental United States; (2) recover the costs of operating and maintaining the repositories from fees charged for disposing of low-level radioactive wastes in or by such repositories; and (3) establish a research and development program associated with new and improved methods for the concentration, solidification, and safe storage of low-level radioactive wastes and their residues.…
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