High-Level Dollars, Low-Level Sense:
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PREFACE

1. INTRODUCTION
   
2. OVERVIEW OF THE RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROBLEM
   • Radioactive Waste and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
   • Radioactive Waste Characteristics
     
3. OVERVIEW AND CRITIQUE: CURRENT APPROACH TO RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
   • Spent Fuel, High-level, and Transuranic Wastes
   • Low-level Waste
   • Mill Tailings
     
4. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
   • Introduction: The Need for an Alternative Approach
   • Component 1: Waste Reclassification
   • Component 2: Restructuring Long-term Waste Management
   • Component 3: Interim Management via Extended Onsite Storage
   • Cost-Benefit Considerations: Current Approach versus the Alternative Approach
     
5. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
   
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

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