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The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM)
is a program of the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) assigned to develop and
manage a federal system for disposing of spent nuclear
fuel from commercial nuclear reactors and high-level radioactive
waste from national defense activities.
OCRWM was established in 1982 under the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act. OCRWM Program Director Dr. Margaret
Chu reports to Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham.
The OCRWM Program includes:
- Program Management
- Program management activities are administered from
Washington, DC. Responsibilities include oversight
of quality assurance, program planning and administration,
program management and integration, external interactions,
human resources, and the OCRWM budget.
- Yucca Mountain Project
– The Yucca Mountain site is located in Nye
County, Nevada, approximately 100 miles northwest
of Las Vegas. For two decades, the OCRWM conducted
scientific and engineering investigations at Yucca
Mountain to determine its suitability as a nuclear
waste repository.
- Waste Acceptance and
Transportation – Headquartered in Washington,
DC., responsibilities include development of waste
acceptance, storage and transportation systems. Activities
also include interactions with other waste owners,
generators and international waste management programs.
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