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Nuclear Waste: Quarterly Report as of December 31, 1989

RCED-90-130 Published: Apr 30, 1990. Publicly Released: Apr 30, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided its quarterly status report on the Department of Energy's (DOE) implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, focusing on the: (1) Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) ability to implement an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) containment standard for repository licensing; and (2) impact of that requirement on DOE determination of a proposed repository site's suitability.

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