[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1436 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1436

   To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a nuclear power 
 facility licensee to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
State and county in which the facility is located within 24 hours of an 
 unplanned release of radionuclides in excess of allowable limits, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2011

   Mr. Smith of New Jersey 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 nuclear power 
 facility licensee to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
State and county in which the facility is located within 24 hours of an 
 unplanned release of radionuclides in excess of allowable limits, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR RADIONUCLIDES RELEASE.

    Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133) is 
amended by inserting after subsection d. the following:
    ``e.(1) Each license issued for a production or utilization 
facility under this section or section 104 b. shall require as a 
condition of the license that, in the case of an unplanned release 
described in paragraph (2), the licensee notify, not later than 24 
hours after such unplanned release, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
and the governments of the State and county in which the facility is 
located of such unplanned release.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to--
            ``(A) any unplanned release of quantities of radionuclides 
        in excess of allowable limits for normal operation established 
        by the Commission or other applicable Federal laws or 
        standards; and
            ``(B) any unplanned release of quantities of radionuclides 
        within allowable limits for normal operation established by the 
        Commission and 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 the facility.
    ``(3) Violation of the condition prescribed by paragraph (1) of 
this subsection may, in the Commission's discretion, constitute grounds 
for license revocation.
    ``(4) In accordance with section 187 of this Act, the Commission 
shall promptly amend each license for a production or utilization 
facility issued under this section or section 104 b. which is in effect 
on the date of enactment of this subsection to include the provisions 
required under this subsection.
    ``(5) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Commission shall establish and maintain, on the 
Internet website of the Commission, a database of all notifications 
received by the Commission of unplanned releases described in paragraph 
(2) and allow the public to search such database for such notifications 
of unplanned releases by licensee.''.
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