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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States Other Related Titles Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes: Interim Report on Current Regulations, Inventories, and Practices (2003) Board on Radioactive Waste Management (BRWM) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 73   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More Page 73 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-6) 1 Introduction (7-12) 2 The Statutory and Regulatory Context for Low-Activity Waste Management (13-24) 3 Low-Activity Waste Overview (25-38) 4 Issues and Findings (39-45) References (46-47) Appendix A: Committee Information-Gathering Meetings (48-50) Appendix B: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (51-54) Appendix C: The Environmental Protection Agency (55-58) Appendix D: Disposal Sites and Operations (59-63) Appendix E: The McMahon Act (64-66) Appendix F: Committee Biographies (67-72) Appendix G: Acronyms (73-76)

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Appendix G Acronym List AEA ALARA BEIR BROOM CAA CFR CID CLSM CRCPD CWA DOD Atomic Energy Act (1954) Atomic Energy Commission As Low As Is Reasonably Achievable Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (NRC Committee) Board on Radioactive Waste Management Clean Air Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (1980, known as "Superfund") Code of Federal Regulations Central Internet Database Controlled I~ow-Strength Material (used as a filler for waste disposal) Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors Clean Water Act South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Energy 73

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DOT U.S. Department of Transportation EIS EM Environmental Impact Statement Office of Environmental Management (DOE) EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration ERDF Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (at Hanford, Washington) FRC Federal Radiation Council FUSRAP Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program GAO U.S. General Accounting Office GTCC Greater-Than-Class-C HEW High-Level Waste HSWA IAEA ICRP Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments International Atomic Energy Agency International Commission on Radiological Protection ISCORS Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards LAW Low-Activity Waste LLW Low-Level Waste LLWPA MCL MCLG MIMS MLLW NARM NCRP Low-Level Waste Policy Act (1980, amended 1985) Maximum Contaminant Level Maxiumum Containment Limit Goals Manifest Information Management System Mixed Low-Level Waste Naturally Occurring and Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement 74 Interim Report

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NEPA National Environmental Policy Act (1969, amended 1970) NESHAPs National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants NARM Naturally Occurring and Accelerator-Producec3 Radioactive Materials NORM Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Effluent Standarcis NRC National Research Council NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982) OSWER REP RCRA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Radiation Protection Program Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, amended 1984) Rem Roentgen Equivalent Man ROD Record of Decision SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 SECC Southeast Compact Commission SDWA Safe Dnnking Water Act SNF Spent Nuclear Fuel Superfund Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (CERCLA) TENORM Technologically Enhanced NORM TRU Transuranic TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act UMTRCA Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USNRC WIPP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Interim Report 75

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