High-level radioactive waste program records, 1957-1988.

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High-level radioactive waste program records, 1957-1988.

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Correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, testimony, reports, publications, and related materials from Minnesota's participation in a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study to identify potential sites for an underground nuclear waste depository, as called for in the federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

15.6 cu. ft. (16 boxes)

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota State Planning Agency

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