§ 10175. Transportation

Statutory text

Packaging

No spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste may be transported by or for the Secretary under part A or under part C except in packages that have been certified for such purpose by the Commission.

Advance notification

The Secretary shall abide by regulations of the Commission regarding advance notification of State and local governments prior to transportation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste under part A or under part C.

Training for public safety officials

The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and funds to States for training for public safety officials of appropriate units of local government and Indian tribes through whose jurisdiction the Secretary plans to transport spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste under part A or under part C. Training shall cover procedures required for safe routine transportation of these materials, as well as procedures for dealing with emergency response situations. The Waste Fund shall be the source of funds for work carried out under this subsection.

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.

1987
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
Pub. L. 97–425 title I § 180 · 96 Stat. 2201
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10175
Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 180, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 180, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.

Credits

1987 · 2 acts

1987Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 180, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121
1987Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5061, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–251.

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(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 180, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5061, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–251.)