118 HR 5115 IH: Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-08-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5115IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 1, 2023Mr. Levin (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo assign a resident inspector to certain commercial nuclear power plants to conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers Act or the INSPECT Act.

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Inspection of decommissioning activity and spent nuclear fuel transfer activity

(a)

In general

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall assign, for the duration described in subsection (b), a resident inspector to each commercial nuclear power plant that has permanently ceased operation to conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities of the commercial nuclear power plant.(b)

Duration described

The duration described in this subsection is the period of time it takes to transfer all spent nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pools of the commercial nuclear power plant to dry storage.(c)

Reassignment

If there are no decommissioning activities or spent nuclear fuel transfer activities at the commercial nuclear power plant to which a resident inspector is assigned under subsection (a), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may assign such resident inspector to other duties as may be appropriate.