This document results from the Secretary of Energy's response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 94-2. The Secretary stated that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) would "address such issues as.. .the need for additional requirements, standards, and guidance on low-level radioactive waste management. " The authors gathered information and compared DOE requirements and standards for the safety aspects of low-level radioactive waste disposal with similar requirements and standards of non-DOE entities.
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