Instructs the Secretary of Energy to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the extent and manner of plutonium migration from each test location at the Nevada Test Site; (2) the extent of its expected future migration; and (3) the potential for current and future human exposure and possible health risks to communities.
Urges that such study consider: (1) all future potential routes of exposure, such as use of contaminated groundwater as drinking water; and (2) potential future trends in population growth over the next 1,000 years in the Nevada Test Site vicinity.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House National Security
Referred to the Committee on National Security, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Commerce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
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