Radiation Waste Lecture and Discussion to be Held
Radiation Waste: Too Hot to Handle?
After June 30, 194, the last disposal
site for low-level radioactive waste (LLRW)
available to generators in Pennsylvania will
close its doors. What happens then?
Thediscussionofradiatipnwasteisthe
subject of a lecture that will be presented by
Joseph! Bonner on Tuesday, April 19, at 7:00
p.m. in Room K-l of the Kostos Classroom
Building.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
is searching the state in an attempt to site a low
level radioactive waste disposable facility. The
siting process is very detailed under Pennsyl
vania law, and is considered one of the best,
most stringent, siting plans in the country.
Among a number of the land features disquah-
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fied are limestone areas, state forests and game
lands, federal and state park, coastal and river
floodplains, and certain agricultural areas. In
all, there are 18 separate disqualification crite
ria.
Sources of this low-level radioactive
waste include nuclear power plants, industrial
facilities, college and universities, medical in
stitutions, and government agencies. Ulti
mately, there will be one low-level radioactive
waste disposal facility in Pennsylvania for the
Appalachian States Compact, which is com
posed of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
and West Virginia.
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the public service program from Penn State
that informs citizens of the Appalachian States
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Compact about low-level radioactive waste
management and disposal. Bonner holds a
B.S. degree in physics from Villanova Univer
sity and anM.S. degree in physics from Fr anklin
and Marshall College. He has taught courses
in nuclear engineering and reactor operations
at Penn State, and holds a senior reactor
operator’s license from theU. S. Nuclear Regu
latory Commission. He is a member of the
National Science Teachers Association, the
American Nuclear Science teachers Associa
tion, and the American Association of Physics
Teachers.
The public is invited to this lecture to
learn more about the future siting of a Pennsyl
vania low-level radioactive waste facility The
lecture is free to the public.
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