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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3354 
To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified dry cask storage, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2013 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified 
dry cask storage, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dry Cask Storage 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DRY CASK SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE. 
(a) REQUIRED DESIGNATION.—The Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall establish a procedure to require 
designation of spent nuclear fuel contained in storage 
pools as qualified to be placed in dry cask storage when 
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the fuel has cooled sufficiently to permit such storage 
method. 
(b) FUEL CURRENTLY IN POOLS.—As soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 15 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, all spent nuclear fuel that is contained 
in storage pools as of such date of enactment and qualified 
to be placed in dry cask storage shall be moved to dry 
casks certified by the Commission. 
(c) DISPOSITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), not later than 1 year after fuel is designated by the 
Commission pursuant to subsection (a) as qualified to be 
placed in dry cask storage— 
(1) such fuel shall be moved from storage pools 
and placed in certified dry casks; and 
(2) such casks shall, to the extent the Commis-
sion considers appropriate after conducting a cost- 
benefit analysis, be stored temporarily in hardened 
onsite storage facilities. 
(d) COSTS OF COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall determine the costs required for compliance 
with subsection (b) or (c) by the owner of spent nuclear 
fuel, and shall reduce by that amount the amount due 
from that owner pursuant to section 302 of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222). 
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(e) ANNUAL STATUS REPORTS.—The Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall require each facility storing spent 
nuclear fuel to submit to the Commission an annual report 
describing— 
(1) the total amount of spent fuel stored onsite, 
whether in storage pools, dry casks, hardened onsite 
storage facilities, or some other storage method; 
(2) how much of the fuel is stored using each 
method of storage; and 
(3) how much of the fuel has been moved from 
one storage method or location to another during the 
past year. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall issue regulations for carrying out this 
Act. 
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