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Re: LLW status according to AP: a fair




On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, James J. Thompson wrote:

> Regarding ocean disposal of HL Radwaste, I recall reading an article 
> that appeared in the mid to late 70's in a quarterly report of the 
> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute that discussed technical issues 
> relating to deep seabed disposal of vitrified high level radioactive 
> waste.  I thought it made a very good case for that option.  Does 
> anyone have that article?  I misplaced mine long ago.

	--A lot has happened since then. DOE ran a program at Sandia on
this option for many years, but it was terminated a few years ago for
reasons I never could understand