8 public interest groups that work on DOE issues send group extensive comments on DOE’s effort to end run Congress & redefine high-level waste (HLW) as something less, part of DOE’s effort to speed disposal and cut “clean-up” costs at the Hanford site i n Washington state and other DOE sites
See January 9, 2019 letter posted here
DOE attempt to end run Congress by changing definition of HLW via regulation rather than legislation: see Department of Energy’s request for public comment on the U.S. Department of Energy Interpretation of High-Level Radioactive Waste., 83 Fed. Reg. 50909, October 10, 2018
Federal Register, October 10, 2018, see “Request for Comments – Interpretation of High-Level radioactive Waste” – linked here