RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Energy: authorize bartering, transferring, or selling surplus uranium from inventory (see S. 3233), S2477 [20AP] (see H.R. 5068), H2694 [20AP]

———disapprove motion with the NRC to withdraw the license application for a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain with prejudice (see H. Res. 1209), H2261 [23MR]

———request the President and direct the Dept. to provide certain documents relative to the application to foreclose use of Yucca Mountain as a high level nuclear waste repository (see H. Res. 1466), H4677 [22JN]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 3224), S2423 [19AP] (see H.R. 5119), H2842 [22AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make certain improvements in administration of medical facilities (see S. 3330), S3407 [7MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the contractor employee compensation program (see H.R. 6189), H6879 [22SE]

Hazardous substances: honor commitment to establish Yucca Mountain, NV, as the nation's primary permanent nuclear waste storage site (see H. Res. 1123), H971 [26FE]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3737), S6883 [5AU]

Mohave County, AZ: include as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing (see S. 3270), S2758 [28AP] (see H.R. 4712), H971 [26FE]

NRC: condemn decision to begin the closure of the Yucca Mountain license application review relative to high-level nuclear waste storage (see H. Res. 1732), H7614 [18NO]

Nuclear energy: provide for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation (see S. 3060), S1017 [3MR]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 653), S7618 [28SE] (see H. Res. 1623), H6763 [15SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (H.R. 5119), E661 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make certain improvements in administration of medical facilities (H.R. 4062), E156 [4FE]

Hazardous substances: status of proposal to establish Yucca Mountain, NV, as the nation's primary permanent nuclear waste storage site, H7618 [29NO], H7651 [30NO], H8357 [15DE]

———Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H558 [4FE], H1153 [4MR], H1176 [9MR], H1381, H1383 [12MR], H4088 [28MY], E1400 [22JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: work with the NRC to assess intelligence on harmful radiological materials, H854 [25FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 3224), S2426 [19AP]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste, S1579 [16MR]

Mohave County, AZ: include as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing (S. 3270), S2760 [28AP]

Nuclear energy: assess role in national energy policy, S4078-S4080 [20MY], S5765 [13JY]

———provide for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation (S. 3060), S1019 [3MR]

Nuclear weapons: make workers from the Cold War Nevada Test Site eligible for automatic compensation, S3157 [5MY]

Reports filed

American Medical Isotopes Production Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3276) (S. Rept. 111-120), S340 [28JA]

Request President and Dept. of Energy To Provide Documents Relative to Application To Foreclose Use of Yucca Mountain as High Level Nuclear Waste Repository: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1466) (H. Rept. 111-550), H5711 [19JY]

Texts of

S. Res. 653, support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S7635, S7666 [28SE]