A bill to provide for the construction at federally owned facilities for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, for the purpose of providing for a program of temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, to: (1) construct two spent nuclear fuel storage facilities (at the Hanford Reservation and the Savannah River Reservation); and (2) submit to the President and the Congress a construction schedule for each facility, with an operational deadline of January 1, 1983.
Requires the Secretary to prepare an environmental impact statement for new safety or environmental consequences, not previously assessed, in connection with such facilities.
Permits agreements for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel from licensed commercial powerplants to the new facilities. Sets forth the requirements of such agreements. Provides for a refund to persons delivering spent nuclear fuel should a facility for reprocessing become available.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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