【英国《国际核工程》1985年7月第14页报道】美国总统里根批准了能源部关于在地质处置库处置国防废物的建议。这些处置库是为处置商业核电站产生的高放废物而打算建造的。里根在给能源部长赫林顿的便函中说,按照1982年核废物政策法,“我没有找到根据来做出结论,需要建只处置国防废物的处 [United Kingdom “International Nuclear Engineering”, July 14, 1985, page 14] President Reagan of the United States approved the Ministry of Energy’s proposal to dispose of defense waste at a geological repository. These repositories are intended to be constructed for the disposal of high level radioactive waste generated by commercial nuclear power plants. Reagan said in a memo to Minister of Energy Herrington that according to the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act, “I have not found a basis for drawing conclusions and need to build a department that only handles defense waste.