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- Title
SUB-SEABED BURIAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE: IF THE DISPOSAL METHOD COULD SUCCEED TECHNICALLY, COULD IT ALSO SUCCEED LEGALLY?
- Authors
BALA, AMAL
- Abstract
Nuclear power is a relatively familiar method of generating electricity in the United States, but the process remains controversial because of high-level radioactive waste. Conventional nuclear reactors use uranium fuel to sustain nu-clear fission, but eventually such fuel becomes spent and requires storage and disposal because of its dangerous radioactive properties. The United States pro-duces a large amount of nuclear waste every year but has struggled to develop a long-term disposal strategy. America favors land-based disposal methods and is not giving serious consideration to alternative methods, including sub-seabed burial. This Note discusses preliminary research on sub-seabed burial of nuclear waste and examines a sample of domestic and international laws that could apply if the United States were to use the disposal method. This Note concludes that if further research were to show that sub-seabed disposal would work properly, the United States could probably engage in deep burial through drilling without vio-lating the applicable international and domestic laws discussed in this Note.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NUCLEAR energy policy; NATURAL nuclear reactors; RADIOACTIVE waste disposal under the seabed; NUCLEAR Waste Policy Act of 1982 (U.S.); RADIOACTIVE waste canisters; ATOMIC Energy Act of 1954 (U.S.)
- Publication
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 2, p455
- ISSN
0190-7034
- Publication type
Article