Cleaning Up Nuclear Facilities--An Aggressive and Unified Federal Program Is Needed

摘要

The Federal Government needs to take a more unified and aggressive approach to cleaning up and decommissioning nuclear facilities if the United States intends to effectively meet current and future decommissioning challenges. The limitations of current Federal agency decommissioning programs make it difficult to locate facilities in need of decommissioning actions and increase decommissioning costs not only for licensees but also for the public and the Federal Government. Until the Federal Government establishes a national decommissioning strategy and designates a lead agency responsible for monitoring implementation of that strategy, these problems will likely continue. More importantly, the chances of hazards to the public's health and safety will be increased because nuclear facilities may not be properly cleaned up.