[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1072 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1072

To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to require applicants for 
or holders of operating licenses for nuclear power reactors to have in 
 effect an emergency response plan for an area within a 50-mile radius 
                            of the reactor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1999

  Mr. Forbes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to require applicants for 
or holders of operating licenses for nuclear power reactors to have in 
 effect an emergency response plan for an area within a 50-mile radius 
                            of the reactor.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Emergency Assurance Reform 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS.

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall revise its regulations 
applicable to any applicant for, or holder of, an initial or renewed 
operating license for a nuclear power reactor so that such applicant or 
holder will have to have in effect an emergency response plan for an 
area within a 50-mile radius of such reactor which provides a 
reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be 
taken in the event of a radiological emergency. In the case of a holder 
of a license for such a reactor, the Commission shall require the 
holder to provide the Commission with such a plan within 180 days of 
receiving notice of such requirement.
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