Waste Disposal

Waste Disposal

• Types of waste disposal

  
  
  

  • http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/brochures/br0216/

    • Provided by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, this website discusses the federal agencies involved in the disposal of nuclear waste.

    
    
    

  • http://www.hko.gov.hk/education/dbcp/pow_stat/eng/r10.htm

    • Provided by Hong Kong Observatory, with the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, this website discusses the types of nuclear waste generated from nuclear power stations and how it is disposed of.

    
    
    

• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

  
  

  • The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a deep geologic repository for low-level nuclear waste. In February 2014 a truck caught on fire, and several improperly contained barrels released radionucleotides.

  
  

  • http://www.sric.org/nuclear/nuclear2.php

    • Provided by the Southwest Research and Information Center, this website provides up-to-date information on the status of WIPP.

    
    
    
    

  • https://www.env.nm.gov/NMED/Issues/WIPP2014.html

    • Provided by the New Mexico Environment Department, this source provides information on WIPP.

    
    
    

  • http://www.wipp.energy.gov/wipprecovery/recovery.html

    • Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, this is the official WIPP website. This website provides extensive information about the 2014 accident and other relevant information.

    
    
    
    

• Yucca Mountain

Yucca Mountain was a proposed High-Level waste disposal site. However, after much research the site was deemed unsuitable.

• http://www.gao.gov/key_issues/disposal_of_highlevel_nuclear_waste/issue_summary

• Provided by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, this website discusses the key issues involved in the proposed Yucca Mountain waste disposal site.