3.0.0 2854 2022-11-01T05:17:28Z 2022-11-01T05:17:28Z Senate S 2019-11-13 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-13T23:34:17Z 2019-11-13 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-11-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-11-13 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-11-13 True Energy Emergency planning and evacuation Government trust funds Licensing and registrations Nuclear power Radioactive wastes and releases Energy 00 2019-11-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-25T15:07:20Z Dry Cask Storage Act of 2019

This bill requires each licensee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to submit a plan for (1) transfer (including on-going additional transfers) to spent nuclear fuel dry casks of any spent nuclear fuel stored by the licensee for at least seven years in spent nuclear fuel pools, and (2) configuration of the remaining spent nuclear fuel in the pool in a manner that minimizes the chance of a fire if there is a loss of water in the pool.

Among other requirements, the bill

  • requires the NRC to approve or disapprove the plan within 90 days after its submission,
  • authorizes the NRC to provide grants to any licensee with an approved plan to assist in the cost of transferring spent nuclear fuel to dry casks under the plan,
  • directs the emergency planning zone applicable to each civilian nuclear power reactor to be at least 10 miles in radius until all spent nuclear fuel at the reactor has been transferred to dry casks, and
  • requires the NRC to expand to 50 miles in radius the emergency planning zone applicable to each reactor not in compliance with an approved plan.
]]> Dry Cask Storage Act of 2019 Display Title Dry Cask Storage Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Dry Cask Storage Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide for the expansion of emergency planning zones and the development of plans for dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2854is/xml/BILLS-116s2854is.xml 2019-11-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.