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In addition to mandating the construction of geologic repositories, the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act also allowed for the construction of monitored retrievable storage facilities which would hold high-level wastes on a temporary basis until they could be shipped to a permanent repository.1 Various designs have been suggested for MRS facilities, but in all cases the wastes are isolated through engineered, rather than geologic, barriers. This includes, at a bare minimum, a sealed metal canister. Given that the wastes are eventually to be transferred to a permanent repository, they must be retrievable.2 In addition, the facility is to allow for the monitoring of the wastes over time.
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Easterling, D., Kunreuther, H. (1995). Siting a Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) Facility. In: The Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository. Studies in Risk and Uncertainty, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0629-0_3
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