The Use of Interstate Compacts to Handle Low-Level Nuclear Waste

question 41

Multiple Choice

The use of interstate compacts to handle low-level nuclear waste disposal has progressed to the point where

• A)Congress considered, but failed to adopt, legislation to guide such efforts in 1998.
• B)all states now have some arrangement with other states to legally dispose of these wastes.
• C)ten compacts exist and only six states remain unaligned.
• D)four states remain outside compacts, but all 50 states have minor problems with the issue because many produce little low-level waste.

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