Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 108 — Nuclear Waste Policy
§ 10152. Available capacity for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel
Statutory text
The Secretary, the Commission, and other authorized Federal officials shall each take such actions as such official considers necessary to encourage and expedite the effective use of available storage, and necessary additional storage, at the site of each civilian nuclear power reactor consistent with—
the protection of the public health and safety, and the environment;
economic considerations;
continued operation of such reactor;
any applicable provisions of law; and
the views of the population surrounding such reactor.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
Pub. L. 97–425 title I § 132 · 96 Stat. 2201
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10152
(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 132, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2230.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 132, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2230.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 132. available capacity for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel The Secretary, the Commission, and other authorized Federal officials shall each take such actions as such official considers necessary to encourage and expedite the effective use of available storage, and necessary additional storage, at the site of each civilian nuclear power reactor consistent with— (1) the protection of the public health and safety, and the environment; (2) economic considerations; (3) continued operation of such reactor; (4) any applicable provisions of law; and (5) the views of the population surrounding such reactor.
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