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Nuclear Waste: Information on DOE's Interim Transuranic Waste Storage Facilities

RCED-90-166 Published: Jun 08, 1990. Publicly Released: Jul 19, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) remaining transuranic (TRU) waste storage capacity at Department of Energy (DOE) interim storage sites and projected dates when capacity will be exceeded; (2) statutory or administrative provisions limiting the amount of waste DOE could store at interim storage sites; and (3) planned alternatives to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for stored wastes.

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