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EMD-77-41 1 (1977-09-09)

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           REPORT TO THE CONGRESS





           BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL

           OF THE UNITED STATES





           Nuclear Energy's Dilemma:

           Disposing Of Hazardous

           Radioactive Waste Safely






           The unsolved problem of radioactive waste
           disposal threatens the future of nuclear power
           in the United States. Nuclear critics, the
           public, business leaders, and  Government
           officials concur that a solution to the disposal
           problem is critical to the continued growth of
           nuclear energy.

           The Energy Research and Development Ad-
           ministration has begun a program to demon-
           strate by the mid-1980s the feasibility and
           safety of placing radioactive wastes in deep
           geological formations. GAO points out that
           not only has progress been negligible to date,
           but that future program goals are overly opti-
           mistic because the Energy Research and De-
           velopment Administration faces many un-
           solved social, regulatory, and geological ob-
           stacles-

           GAO also discusses the progress and problems
           the Energy Research and Development Ad-
           ministration faces in managing its radioactive
           waste and how the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
           mission is handling the problem of large
           amounts of spent nuclear fuel now accumu-
           lating at nuclear powerplants, and makes a
           number of recommendations for regulatory
           and program management changes,


SEPTEMBER 9, 1977


EMD-77-41

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