[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4825 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4825

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a licensee to notify 
 the State, county, and public in which a facility is located whenever 
    there is an unplanned release of fission products in excess of 
                           allowable limits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2006

  Mr. Weller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a licensee to notify 
 the State, county, and public in which a facility is located whenever 
    there is an unplanned release of fission products in excess of 
                           allowable limits.

    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 Release Notice Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. NUCLEAR RELEASE NOTICE REQUIREMENT.

    Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection f. as subsection e.; and
            (2) in subsection e. (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by designating the first, second, and third 
                sentences as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
                respectively;
                    (B) by striking the subsection designation and 
                paragraph (1) (as so designated) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``f. Notice of Unplanned Release of Radioactive Substances.--
            ``(1) Notice required.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each license issued for a 
                utilization facility under this section or section 104 
                b. shall require as a condition of the license that in 
                case of an unplanned release described in subparagraph 
                (B), the licensee shall immediately notify the 
                Commission, and the State and county in which the 
                facility is located, of the release.
                    ``(B) Unplanned releases.--Subparagraph (A) applies 
                to any unplanned release of quantities of fission 
                products or other radioactive substances--
                            ``(i) in excess of allowable limits for 
                        normal operation established by the Commission 
                        or other applicable Federal laws or standards; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) within allowable limits for normal 
                        operation established by the Commission or 
                        other applicable Federal laws or standards but 
                        that occurs more than twice within a 2-year 
                        period originating from the same source, 
                        process, or equipment at a facility.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3) (as so designated), by 
                striking ``date of enactment of this subsection'' and 
                inserting ``date of enactment of the Nuclear Release 
                Notice Act of 2006''.
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