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Appendix A Charge to the Panel
Pages 61-62

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... In Task 1 the study will review efforts made in the 1994-1995 NAS reports and subsequently to quantify the spent-fuel standard, and it will suggest appropriate metrics for determining whether a given immobilization end-product or spent-fuel form adequately meets the standard. The two disposition options for which the final plutonium forms will be analyzed under these metrics are (a)
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... 62 SPENT-FUEL STANDARD FOR DISPOSITION OF EXCESS WEAPON PLUTONIUM The study will not address the proliferation and theft resistance of the steps that lead, under these disposition options, to the final plutonium forms, and it will not address issues related to geologic disposal or interim storage of these final forms except insofar as the properties of the final forms under such disposal or storage relate to assessing compliance with the spent-fuel standard.
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