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[CITE: 42USC10151]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 108--NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY
 
  SUBCHAPTER I--DISPOSAL AND STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, 
           SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, AND LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
 
                     Part B--Interim Storage Program
 
Sec. 10151. Findings and purposes

    (a) The Congress finds that--
        (1) the persons owning and operating civilian nuclear power 
    reactors have the primary responsibility for providing interim 
    storage of spent nuclear fuel from such reactors, by maximizing, to 
    the extent practical, the effective use of existing storage 
    facilities at the site of each civilian nuclear power reactor, and 
    by adding new onsite storage capacity in a timely manner where 
    practical;
        (2) the Federal Government has the responsibility to encourage 
    and expedite the effective use of existing storage facilities and 
    the addition of needed new storage capacity at the site of each 
    civilian nuclear power reactor; and
        (3) the Federal Government has the responsibility to provide, in 
    accordance with the provisions of this part, not more than 1,900 
    metric tons of capacity for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel 
    for civilian nuclear power reactors that cannot reasonably provide 
    adequate storage capacity at the sites of such reactors when needed 
    to assure the continued, orderly operation of such reactors.

    (b) The purposes of this part are--
        (1) to provide for the utilization of available spent nuclear 
    fuel pools at the site of each civilian nuclear power reactor to the 
    extent practical and the addition of new spent nuclear fuel storage 
    capacity where practical at the site of such reactor; and
        (2) to provide, in accordance with the provisions of this part, 
    for the establishment of a federally owned and operated system for 
    the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel at one or more facilities 
    owned by the Federal Government with not more than 1,900 metric tons 
    of capacity to prevent disruptions in the orderly operation of any 
    civilian nuclear power reactor that cannot reasonably provide 
    adequate spent nuclear fuel storage capacity at the site of such 
    reactor when needed.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title I, Sec. 131, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2229.)