Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act of 1997

Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act of 1997 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide that if the Secretary of Energy does not have a facility available to accept spent nuclear fuel from certain commercial nuclear facilities by a specified deadline, such facilities may offset the expenses of providing storage of spent nuclear fuel that the Secretary would have accepted, had a facility been available, through credits on certain fee payments until the date of the Secretary's first acceptance at an authorized storage or disposal facility.