Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2396
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-02-07
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: 2018-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018</b></p> <p> This bill 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>A covered regulation includes: (1) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement, or (2) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel.</p> <p>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 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2396 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 7, 2018 Ms. Harris (for herself, Mr. Sanders , Mr. Markey , and Mrs. Gillibrand ) 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 2018 . 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. .