United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-09-30 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-04-1097T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1097T P0b002ee180387f0d f:d041097t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1097T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1097T GAO-04-1097T Data collection Data integrity Facility construction Hazardous substances Nuclear facilities Radioactive waste disposal Radioactive wastes Site selection Federal/state relations DOE Manifest Management Information System Testimony A12837 Low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) management concerns persist despite the LLRW Policy Act of 1980, as amended, which made states responsible for providing for disposal of class A, B, and C LLRW and made the Department of Energy (DOE) responsible for the disposal of greater-than-class C LLRW. This testimony is based on GAO's June 2004 report, which examined the adequacy of disposal availability for class A, B, and C wastes, and GAO's April 2003 report, which assessed recovery efforts involving greater-than-class-C waste. This testimony examines (1) changes in LLRW disposal availability since 1999, (2) recent LLRW disposal volumes and potential future volumes, (3) any current or anticipated shortfalls in disposal availability, (4) the potential effects of any such shortfalls, (5) the effectiveness of the Act in developing regional disposal options for class A, B, and C wastes, and (6) the status of DOE's effort to dispose of greater-than-class-C waste. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1097T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1097T.htm GAO-04-1097T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1097T Testimony GAO-04-1097T; Low-Level Radioactive Waste: Future Waste Volumes and Disposal Options Are Uncertain; Data collection Data integrity Facility construction Hazardous substances Nuclear facilities Radioactive waste disposal Radioactive wastes Site selection Federal/state relations DOE Manifest Management Information System Public Law 99-240 Public Law 107-206