Download or read book Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal written by Mark Holt and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-07 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.