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Low-Level Waste Compacts
U.S. Low-Level Waste Compacts
| Compact |
Percent of Total Volume of Low-Level Waste Disposed in 2000 |
Northwest total 4.7% |
| Alaska |
<.01% |
Oregon |
3.55% |
| Hawaii |
0.04% |
Utah |
0.16% |
| Idaho |
<.01% |
Washington* |
0.95% |
| Montana |
<.01% |
Wyoming |
<.01% |
| Southwestern total 1.83% |
| Arizona |
0.09% |
North Dakota |
<.01% |
| California** |
1.73% |
South Dakota |
<.01% |
| Rocky Mountain total 0.9% |
| Colorado |
0.08% |
Nevada |
<.01% |
| New Mexico |
0.01% |
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| Midwest total 2.53% |
| Indiana |
<.01% |
Missouri |
0.24% |
| Iowa |
0.03% |
Ohio |
2.12% |
| Minnesota |
0.10% |
Wisconsin |
0.04% |
| Central total 0.58% |
| Arkansas |
0.18% |
Nebraska** |
0.07% |
| Kansas |
0.04% |
Oklahoma |
<.01% |
| Louisiana |
0.29% |
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| Texas total 1.67% |
| Maine |
1.44% |
Vermont |
0.06% |
| Texas |
0.17% |
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| Central Midwest total 2.89% |
| Illinois** |
1.76% |
Kentucky |
1.13% |
| Appalachian total 13.70% |
| Delaware |
<.01% |
Pennsylvania** |
13.40% |
| Maryland |
0.29% |
West Virginia |
<.01% |
| Northeast total 8.33% |
| Connecticut** |
0.69% |
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| New Jersey** |
1.11% |
South Carolina |
6.53% |
| Southeast total 61.19% |
| Alabama |
0.21% |
Mississippi |
0.15% |
| Florida |
0.24% |
Tennessee |
58.61% |
| Georgia |
0.61% |
Virginia |
1.37% |
| Unaffiliated States total 2.51% |
| District of Columbia |
0.01% |
New York** |
0.70% |
| Massachusetts** |
0.55% |
Puerto Rico |
<0.1% |
| Michigan** |
0.56% |
Rhode Island |
<0.1% |
| New Hampshire |
0.09% |
North Carolina** |
0.60% |
| Unknown*** |
11.1% |
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* Current Host State (2)
** Selected Host State (10)
***Brokered LLW disposed at Envirocare of Utah, state or origin unknown.
Source: DOE 1998 State-by-State Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive
Wastes Received at Commercial Disposal Sites (DOE/LLW-252).
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