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| Year | Volume | Radioactivity | Year | Volume | Radioactivity | |
| million | million | million | million | |||
| cubic meters | curies | cubic meters | curies | |||
| 1965 | 0.034 | 0.273 | 1983 | 1.007 | 4.732 | |
| 1966 | 0.049 | 0.355 | 1984 | 1.083 | 4.954 | |
| 1967 | 0.071 | 0.428 | 1985 | 1.160 | 5.282 | |
| 1968 | 0.091 | 0.529 | 1986 | 1.213 | 5.059 | |
| 1969 | 0.112 | 0.687 | 1987 | 1.265 | 4.924 | |
| 1970 | 0.138 | 0.855 | 1988 | 1.306 | 4.793 | |
| 1971 | 0.169 | 2.000 | 1989 | 1.352 | 5.284 | |
| 1972 | 0.208 | 2.287 | 1990 | 1.387 | 4.979 | |
| 1973 | 0.255 | 2.732 | 1991 | 1.426 | 5.272 | |
| 1974 | 0.309 | 2.754 | 1992 | 1.476 | 5.708 | |
| 1975 | 0.367 | 3.040 | 1993 | 1.499 | 5.709 | |
| 1976 | 0.442 | 3.268 | 1994 | 1.524 | 5.841 | |
| 1977 | 0.514 | 3.765 | 1995 | 1.544 | 5.376 | |
| 1978 | 0.593 | 4.383 | 1996 | 1.551 | 5.020 | |
| 1979 | 0.676 | 4.539 | 1997 | 1.560 | 5.030 | |
| 1980 | 0.768 | 4.547 | 1998 | 1.570 | 4.936 | |
| 1981 | 0.852 | 4.483 | 1999 | 1.579 | 4.856 | |
| 1982 | 0.929 | 4.568 | 2000 | 1.588 | 4.787 | |
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Integrated Data Base Report - 1996: U.S. Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Inventories, Projections, and Characteristics, Revision 13 (DOE, EM, Washington, DC, December 1997).
Notes: Volumes and radioactivity are cumulative. Radioactivity added each year is decayed.
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