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High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee
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The High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee is composed of nuclear waste
transportation experts appointed by the Governors of
eleven Western States.
The Committee works with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a safe
and publicly acceptable system for transporting spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The
HLW Committee's primary management directives come from a series of Western
Governors' Resolutions dating back to 1985, which express the Governors'
goal of "safe and uneventful transport of nuclear waste."
Resolutions:
05-15 Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel 06-07 Private Storage and Transportation 07-02 Assessing the Risks of Terrorism and Sabotage Against High-Level Waste Nuclear Waste Shipments to a Geologic Repository or Interim Storage Facility Additionally, the HLW Committee has joined with other State Regional Groups to develop a set of Principles of Agreement on the expectations states have regarding preparations for NWPA shipments. |
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