The Nation - News from July 10, 1985
The nation’s nuclear utilities have turned over $1.4 billion to the Energy Department’s nuclear waste fund to help pay for the disposal of radioactive waste, the department said. The one-time fees are intended to help finance the siting, design, construction and operation of disposal facilities. The law also calls for utilities to pay an ongoing disposal fee of one-tenth of 1 cent per kilowatt hour for spent nuclear fuel.
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