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what is it
federal law which established a comprehensive national program for the safe, permanent disposal of highly radioactive wastes -
national legislation
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 created a timetable and procedure for establishing a permanent, underground repository for high-level radioactive waste by the mid-1990s, and provided for some temporary federal storage of waste, including spent fuel from civilian nuclear reactors. -
added plan
The plan was added to the fiscal 1988 budget reconciliation bill signed on December 22, 1987 -
yaccan moutain
In December 1987, Congress amended the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to designate Yucca Mountains -
were was it at
in the first 40 years nuclear waste was in the u.s but theirs no legislation was enacted to manage radioactive waste.