II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1194 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 8, 2005 Mr. Obama introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Spent Nuclear Fuel Tracking and Accountability Act .

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Spent fuel rods

(a)

Guidelines

Not later than 260 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish— (1)specific and uniform guidelines for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods or segments at nuclear power plants, including procedures for conducting physical inventories; and (2)uniform inspection procedures to verify any action taken by a nuclear power plant to implement those guidelines. (b)

Report

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall submit to Congress a report describing the progress of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in establishing the guidelines under subsection (a).