37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ments, and subject to such conditions, as the parties may determine; and (3) provide (at the discretion of the Secretary) for certain adjustments in the amount to be paid under paragraph (2) if the estimated costs exceed the actual costs for design and construction. (c) The Secretary shall seek to enter into agreements to 8 carry out this section as soon as possible after funds are made 9 available for such purpose. 10 11 COMMISSION LICENSING REQUIREMENTS SEC. 202. The Commission shall establish requirements 12 applicable to permits and licenses for the construction and 13 operation of dry storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel not 14 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 15 Act. 97TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3809 To provide for repositories for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, and spent nuclear fuel, to amend provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 relating to low-level waste, to modify the PriceAnderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and certain other provisions pertaining to facility licensing and safety, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. UDALL introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Interior and Insular Affairs, and Rules A BILL To provide for repositories for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, and spent nuclear fuel, to amend provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 relating to low-level waste, to modify the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and certain other provisions pertaining to facility licensing and safety, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1 2 2 SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Atomic 3 Energy Act Amendments of 1981". PART 2-DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, TRANSURANIC Sec. 111. Findings and purpose. Sec. 112. Identification of sites for repositories. Sec. 113. Site characterization. Sec. 114. Site approval and construction authorizations. Sec. 115. Review of repository site selection. Sec. 116. State review boards. Sec. 117. Participation of Indian tribes. Sec. 118. Judicial review of agency actions. Sec. 119. Expedited authorizations. Sec. 120. Schedule for certain standards and criteria. Sec. 121. Disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Sec. 122. Authorization of appropriations; contract authority. Sec. 123. Accounting of expenditures. Sec. 124. Termination of part. Subtitle B-Low-Level Radioactive Waste Sec. 131. Amendments to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. TITLE II-MODIFICATION OF PRICE-ANDERSON PROVISIONS Sec. 201. Amendments to Price-Anderson provisions. TITLE III-AMENDMENTS RELATING PRIMARILY TO FACILITY Sec. 301. Authority of the Commission to issue new permits and licenses. Sec. 303. Safety objectives. Sec. 304. Federal remote siting requirements. Sec. 305. Consolidation of certain licensing issues. DEFINITIONS SEC. 101. As used in this subtitle (1) The term "Commission" means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (2) The term "disposal" means the long-term iso lation of radioactive waste. (3) The term "high-level radioactive waste" means the highly radioactive wastes resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, liquid waste which is produced directly in reprocessing, any solid material into which such liquid waste is made, and such other highly radioactive material as the Commission desig nates as high-level radioactive waste following a determination that such designation is necessary to protect the public health and safety. (4) The term "Indian reservation" means (A) the Indian reservations and dependent Indian communities referred to in clauses (a) and 4 (b) of section 1151 of title 18, United States Code; and (B) lands selected by Alaska Native villages or regional corporations under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. (5) The term "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or com munity of Indians recognized as eligible for the serv ices provided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior because of their status as Indians, including any Alaska Native village, as defined in section 3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). (6) The term "repository" means any facility for the permanent deep geologic disposal of transuranic waste, high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or any combination of such wastes or fuel, whether or not such facility is designed to permit the subsequent recovery of the materials placed in the respository. (7) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy. (8) The term "site characterization" means activities undertaken to evaluate the geologic and other characteristics of a site. Such term includes borings, surface excavations, excavations of exploratory shafts, |