Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-944
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-15
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Emergency planning and evacuation

Licensing and registrations

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Nuclear power

Radioactive wastes and releases
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from approving the request of a licensee for a waiver of, or exemption from, a covered regulation applicable to a civilian nuclear power reactor that has permanently ceased to operate.</p> <p>Specifies as a covered regulation: (1) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement, or (2) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel.</p> <p>Declares that this prohibition shall not apply to a civilian nuclear power reactor at which all spent nuclear fuel has been transferred to spent nuclear fuel dry casks.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 944 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 15, 2015 Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Sanders , and Mr. Markey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit certain waivers and exemptions from emergency preparedness and response and security regulations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2015 . 2. Prohibition of certain waivers and exemptions Chapter 19 of title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2015 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 276 the following: 277. Prohibition of certain waivers and exemptions (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered regulation The term covered regulation means— (A) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement; or (B) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel. (2) Licensee The term licensee has the meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). (b) Prohibition of certain waivers and exemptions Subject to subsection (c), the Commission shall not approve the request of a licensee for a waiver of, or exemption from, a covered regulation applicable to a civilian nuclear power reactor that has permanently ceased to operate. (c) Limitation Subsection (b) shall not apply to a civilian nuclear power reactor described in that subsection at which all spent nuclear fuel has been transferred to spent nuclear fuel dry casks. .