WHAT WE DO
Radioactive Waste
Disposal
Encourage
Innovation in Waste
Management
Incentivize Safe
Disposal of Disused
Sources
NEWS & EVENTS
SE Compact’s Executive Director Conducts Decommissioning Training
The Compact’s Executive Director, Dr. Tom Hansen, was invited by Argonne National Laboratory to serve as a lead instructor in its Facility Decommissioning course that was delivered December 2 to 4 in Las Vegas, NV. Attendees included nuclear facility operators and...
ABOUT US
In 1980, Congress passed the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, which provided for a new approach to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) in the United States. It assigned each State responsibility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders and authorized states to enter into compacts for the purpose of operating regional disposal facilities.
To meet their obligations under the Act, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia formed the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact (SE Compact) in 1983. The number of states in the Compact changed to six with the withdrawal of South Carolina in 1995 and North Carolina in 1999.
Each party state may assign two voting members to serve on a SE Compact Commission (Commission) that oversees the administration and implementation of the Compact agreement.
OUR MISSION
The Mission of the Commission is to ensure that adequate, reliable, and appropriate services are available to manage low-level radioactive waste streams generated in the SE Compact region and to promote and facilitate the maximum use of those services by the party states.
CURRENT INITIATIVES
Richard S. Hodes, M.D. Honor Lecture Award
The Richard S. Hodes, M.D. Honor Lecture Award honors the memory of the Commission’s late chairman, a strong proponent for innovation in the field of low-level radioactive waste management. The award was created by the Commission to encourage environmental professionals and political leaders to develop innovative approaches to waste management in the United States and, in doing so, to further the Commission’s mission and objectives.
Disused Sources Incentivization Program
The Commission’s Disused Sources Incentivization program is aimed at encouraging its regional source owners to register and dispose of their unwanted and unneeded sealed sources via the Source Collection and Threat Reduction (SCATR) Program. SCATR uses Federal funds to pay a portion of the disposal cost to incentivize such source owners, and the Commission cost-shares an additional 30% of the disposal for sources located in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia on a first-come, first-served basis until its available funding is depleted.