3.0.0 784 2023-01-11T19:46:41Z 2023-01-11T19:46:41Z Senate S S 2007-03-06 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-07T00:22:51Z Federal Accountability for Nuclear Waste Storage Act of 2007 110 4062 HR 2007-11-01 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2007-05-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6537) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-06 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2719-2720) IntroReferral 2007-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2007-03-06 True B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2007-03-06 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2008-10-02 False Energy Administrative procedure Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Independent regulatory commissions Law Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear power plants Radioactive wastes Energy 00 2007-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-06T15:37:31Z Federal Accountability for Nuclear Waste Storage Act of 2007 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require commercial nuclear power plant operators to transfer, within six years after enactment of this Act, spent nuclear fuel from spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at an independent spent fuel storage facility generally licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and located at the power reactor site.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make grants to compensate a contractor for expenses incurred in carrying out such transfer; and (2) accept the conveyance of title to a spent nuclear fuel dry cask (including its contents) from the contractor following certification of compliance by the NRC.

States that conveyance of title shall confer upon the Secretary full responsibility for the possession, stewardship, maintenance, monitoring, and ultimate disposition of all transferred spent nuclear fuel. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with the holder of an NRC operating license for power reactors located on or adjacent to the spent nuclear fuel dry cask for the performance of such tasks.

]]> Federal Accountability for Nuclear Waste Storage Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require commercial nuclear power plant operators to transfer spent nuclear fuel from the spent nuclear fuel pools of the operators into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at independent spent fuel storage installations of the operators that are licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to convey to the Secretary of Energy title to all such transferred spent nuclear fuel, to provide for the transfer to the Secretary of the independent spent fuel storage installation operating responsibility of each plant together with the license granted by the Commission for the installation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Federal Accountability for Nuclear Waste Storage Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Federal Accountability for Nuclear Waste Storage Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s784is/xml/BILLS-110s784is.xml 2007-05-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6537) 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.