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Friday, December 16, 2016

Draft Plan for a Defense Waste Repository - Released for Public Comment

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a Draft Plan for a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) resulting from DOE's atomic energy defense activities.  This defense waste repository (DWR) could be used to dispose of some or all of the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and HLW resulting from DOE's atomic energy defense activities and/or research and development activities.  The DOE intends to use a consent-based process for siting the DWR and is preparing for that process by sharing the Draft Plan for public comment.

The Draft Plan is available at the following website - energy.gov/DWR.  You are invited to submit your comments by e-mail to DWR@hq.doe.gov.

Thank you!

Andrew R. Griffith
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition
Office of Nuclear Energy
Department of Energy

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