H. R. 2401—402
SEC. 3142. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS 
EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
TRAINING 
PRO-
GRAM.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department
of Energy for fiscal year 1994 under section 3102, not more than
$10,000,000 shall be available to carry out a hazardous materials
management and hazardous materials emergency response training
program.
SEC. 3143. WORKER HEALTH AND PROTECTION.
(a) HANFORD HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.—Of the funds
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for
fiscal year 1994 under section 3101(a), $1,750,000 shall be available
for activities relating to the Hanford health information network
established pursuant to the authority set forth in section 3138
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
(Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1834).
(b) PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITIES WORKERS.—
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department
of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for environmental restoration and
waste management, $11,000,000 shall be available to carry out
activities authorized under section 3131 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law
102–190; 42 U.S.C. 7274d), relating to worker protection at nuclear
weapons facilities.
SEC. 3144. VERIFICATION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department
of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for operating expenses for activities
relating to verification and control technology, not more than
$334,441,000 may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits the report required by section 1606.
SEC. 3145. TRITIUM PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) EVALUATION.—(1) The Secretary of Energy shall evaluate—
(A) a range of contingency options for meeting potential
tritium requirements of the United States before 2008; and
(B) long-term options for the production of tritium to meet
the tritium requirements of the United States after 2008.
(2) Among the long-term options evaluated under paragraph
(1)(B), the Secretary of Energy shall consider—
(A) those technologies and reactors that are evaluated by
the Secretary for plutonium disposition and are appropriate
for the production of tritium, for the feasibility and cost-
effectiveness of using such technologies and reactors for the
production of tritium; and
(B) any proposals for the private financing of tritium
production facilities or for the commercial production of tritium
that the Secretary considers promising.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to
the Congress a report on the contingency options evaluated under
subsection (a)(1)(A) which sets forth the Secretary’s plan for meet-
ing, through 2008, the requirements of the United States for tritium
for national security purposes. The report shall include an assess-
ment of the effect of the closing of the K reactor at the Savannah
River Site, South Carolina, on the ability of the Department of
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Energy to meet such requirements. The report shall be submitted
in unclassified form, with a classified appendix if necessary.
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—The Secretary of
Energy shall include an assessment of the capacity of the Depart-
ment of Energy to produce tritium after 2008 in the Secretary’s
programmatic environmental impact statement under 102(2)(C) of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)) on the reconfiguration of the Department of Energy
nuclear weapons complex. The Secretary shall issue the pro-
grammatic environmental impact statement not later than March
1, 1995.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
SEC. 3151. LIMITATIONS ON THE RECEIPT AND STORAGE OF SPENT
NUCLEAR FUEL FROM FOREIGN RESEARCH REACTORS.
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to regulate
the receipt and storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Department
of Energy defense nuclear facility located at the Savannah River
Site, South Carolina (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Savannah
River Site’’).
(b) RECEIPT IN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES.—When the Sec-
retary of Energy determines that emergency circumstances make
it necessary to receive spent nuclear fuel, the Secretary shall submit
a notification of that determination to the Congress. The Secretary
may not receive spent nuclear fuel at the Savannah River Site
until the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date
on which the Congress receives the notification.
(c) 
LIMITATION
ON
STORAGE
IN
NON-EMERGENCY
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary of Energy may not, under other than
emergency circumstances, receive and store at the Savannah River
Site any spent nuclear fuel in excess of the amount that (as of
the date of the enactment of this Act) the Savannah River Site
is capable of receiving and storing, until, with respect to the receipt
and storage of any such spent nuclear fuel—
(1) the completion of an environmental impact statement
under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C));
(2) the expiration of the 90-day period (as prescribed by
regulation pursuant to such Act) beginning on the date of
such completion; and
(3) the signing by the Secretary of a record of decision
following such completion.
(d) LIMITATIONS ON RECEIPT.—The Secretary of Energy may
not, under emergency or non-emergency circumstances, receive
spent nuclear fuel if the spent nuclear fuel—
(1) cannot be transferred in an expeditious manner from
its port of entry in the United States to a storage facility
that is located at a Department of Energy facility and is capable
of receiving and storing the spent nuclear fuel; or
(2) will remain on a vessel in the port of entry for a
period that exceeds the period necessary to unload the fuel
from the vessel pursuant to routine unloading procedures.
(e) CRITERIA FOR PORT OF ENTRY.—The Secretary of Energy
shall, if economically feasible and to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, provide for the receipt of spent nuclear fuel under this
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section at a port of entry in the United States which, as determined
by the Secretary and compared to each other port of entry in
the United States that is capable of receiving the spent nuclear
fuel—
(1) has the lowest human population in the area surround-
ing the port of entry;
(2) is closest in proximity to the facility which will store
the spent nuclear fuel; and
(3) has the most appropriate facilities for, and experience
in, receiving spent nuclear fuel.
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘spent nuclear fuel’’
means nuclear fuel that—
(1) was originally exported to a foreign country from the
United States in the form of highly enriched uranium; and
(2) was used in a research reactor by the Government
of a foreign country or by a foreign-owned or foreign-controlled
entity.
SEC. 3152. EXTENSION OF REVIEW OF WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
IN NEW MEXICO.
Section 1433(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100–456; 102 Stat. 2073) is amended
in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘four additional one-year
periods’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nine additional one-year
periods’’.
SEC. 3153. BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS.
(a) ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION REPORTS.—(1) The
Secretary of Energy shall (in the years and at the times specified
in paragraph (2)) submit to the Congress a report on the activities
and projects necessary to carry out the environmental restoration
of all Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.
(2) Reports under paragraph (1) shall be submitted as follows:
(A) The initial report shall be submitted not later than
March 1, 1995.
(B) A report after the initial report shall be submitted
in each year after 1995 during which the Secretary of Energy
conducts, or plans to conduct, environmental restoration activi-
ties and projects, not later than 30 days after the date on
which the President submits to the Congress the budget for
the fiscal year beginning in that year.
(b) ANNUAL WASTE MANAGEMENT REPORTS.—(1) The Secretary
of Energy shall (in the years and at the times specified in paragraph
(2)) submit to the Congress a report on all activities and projects
for waste management, transition of operational facilities to safe
shutdown status, and technology research and development related
to such activities and projects that are necessary for Department
of Energy defense nuclear facilities.
(2) Reports required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted
as follows:
(A) The initial report shall be submitted not later than
June 1, 1995.
(B) A report after the initial report shall be submitted
in each year after 1995, not later than 30 days after the
date on which the President submits to the Congress the budget
for the fiscal year beginning in that year.
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(c) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—A report required under subsection
(a) or (b) shall be based on compliance with all applicable provisions
of law, permits, regulations, orders, and agreements, and shall—
(1) provide the estimated total cost of, and the complete
schedule for, the activities and projects covered by the report;
and
(2) with respect to each such activity and project, contain—
(A) a description of the activity or project;
(B) a description of the problem addressed by the activ-
ity or project;
(C) the proposed remediation of the problem, if the
remediation is known or decided;
(D) the estimated cost to complete the activity or
project, including, where appropriate, the cost for every
five-year increment; and
(E) the estimated date for completion of the activity
or project, including, where appropriate, progress mile-
stones for every five-year increment.
(d) ANNUAL STATUS AND VARIANCE REPORTS.—(1)(A) The Sec-
retary of Energy shall (in the years and at the time specified
in subparagraph (B)) submit to the Congress a status and variance
report on environmental restoration and waste management activi-
ties and projects at Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.
(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in
1995 and in each year thereafter during which the Secretary of
Energy conducts environmental restoration and waste management
activities, not later than 30 days after the date on which the
President submits to the Congress the budget for the fiscal year
beginning in that year.
(2) Each status and variance report under paragraph (1) shall
contain the following:
(A) Information on each such activity and project for which
funds were appropriated for the fiscal year immediately before
the fiscal year during which the report is submitted, including
the following:
(i) Information on whether or not the activity or project
has been completed, and information on the estimated date
of completion for activities or projects that have not been
completed.
(ii) The total amount of funds expended for the activity
or project during such prior fiscal year, including the
amount of funds expended from amounts made available
as the result of supplemental appropriations or a transfer
of funds, and an estimate of the total amount of funds
required to complete the activity or project.
(iii) Information on whether the President requested
an amount of funds for the activity or project in the budget
for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted,
and whether such funds were appropriated or transferred.
(iv) An explanation of the reasons for any projected
cost variance between actual and estimated expenditures
of more than 15 percent or $10,000,000, or any schedule
delay of more than six months, for the activity or project.
(B) For the fiscal year during which the report is submitted,
a disaggregation of the funds appropriated for Department
of Energy defense environmental restoration and waste
management into the activities and projects (including discrete
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