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Nuclear Science: Developing Technology to Reduce Radioactive Waste May Take Decades and Be Costly

RCED-94-16 Published: Dec 10, 1993. Publicly Released: Jan 13, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed U.S. research on radioactive waste transmutation technology, focusing on: (1) U.S. efforts to develop the waste transmutation technology; (2) the estimated timing and cost of developing this technology; and (3) the prospects for practical application of the technology to highly radioactive defense and commercial waste.

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