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Low Level Radioactive Policy Act

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LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE POLICY ACT

Enacted in 1980, amended in 1985.
Events/Situations: Pressure from the state governments of Washington, South Carolina, and Nevada forced the U.S. Congress to pass the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to ease the burden on those states.
No controversies, but there was a big argument about storing high-level radioactive waste in Yucca Mountain due to its frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
The act gave each U.S. state the responsibility of developing a method of disposing of their own waste by 1986.
Amendments set a series of penalties for states who did not follow the policy
By 1993, Nevada had completely closed its waste disposal site, Washington was only accepting waste from the Northwest, and by 1994 South Carolina was accepting waste solely from the Southeast Compact.
It also set a limit on the federal government and how efficiently it disposes of waste.