§ 10203. Technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon states in field of spent fuel storage and disposal

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “paragraph (2) of subsection (b),”.
2. 2 So in original. Probably should be “section”.
3. 3 So in original. Probably should be “UST”.

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.

1. 1983

   Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

   Pub. L. 97–425 title II § 223 · 96 Stat. 2201

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10203

   (Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 223, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2254.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 223, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2254.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 223. technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon states in the field of spent fuel storage and disposal (a) It shall be the policy of the United States to cooperate with and provide technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon states in the field of spent fuel storage and disposal. (b)Joint notice, publication in Federal Register. (1) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commission shall publish a joint notice in the Federal Register stating that the United States is prepared to cooperate with and provide technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon states in the fields of at-reactor spent fuel storage; away-from-reactor spent fuel storage; monitored, retrievable spent fuel storage; geologic disposal of spent fuel; and the health, safety, and environmental regulation of such activities. The notice shall summarize the resources that can be made available for international cooperation and assistance in these fields through existing programs of the Department and the Commission, including the availability of: (i) data from past or ongoing research and development projects; (ii) consultations with expert Department or Commission personnel or contractors; and (iii) liaison with private business entities and organizations working in these fields. (2) The joint notice described in the preceding subparagraph shall Joint notice, reissuance. be updated and reissued annually for 5 succeeding years. (c) Following publication of the annual joint notice referred to in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall inform the governments of non-nuclear weapon states and, as feasible, the organizations operating nuclear powerplants in such states, that the United States is prepared to cooperate with and provide technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon states in the fields of spent fuel storage and disposal, as set forth in the joint notice. The Secretary of State shall Expressions of interest. also solicit expressions of interest from non-nuclear weapon state governments and non-nuclear weapon state nuclear power reactor operators concerning their participation in expanded United States cooperation and technical assistance programs in these fields. The Secretary of State shall transmit any such expressions of interest to the Department and the Commission. (d) With his budget presentation materials for the Department and the Commission for fiscal years 1984 through 1989, the President shall include funding requests for an expanded program of cooperation and technical assistance with non-nuclear weapon states in the fields of spent fuel storage and disposal as appropriate in light of expressions of interest in such cooperation and assistance on the part of non-nuclear weapon state governments and non-nuclear weapon state nuclear power reactor operators. (e) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “non-nuclear “Non-nuclear weapon state.” weapon state” shall have the same meaning as that set forth in article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (21 U.S.C. 438). (f) Nothing in this subsection shall authorize the Department or the Commission to take any action not authorized under existing law.

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