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S 2457 108th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Department of Energy Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Law Licenses Nuclear facilities Radioactive wastes Reactor fuel reprocessing South Carolina State laws

A bill entitled "Nuclear Waste Cleanup Act".

Introduced: May 20, 2004 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6067-6068)
May 20, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 20, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5935)
May 20, 2004
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nuclear Waste Cleanup Act - Declares that, with respect to material stored at a Department of Energy (DOE) site at which activities are regulated by the State of South Carolina, high-level radioactive waste does not include radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel that the Secretary of Energy determines: (1) does not require permanent isolation in a deep geologic repository for spent fuel or highly radioactive waste; (2) has had highly radioactive radionuclides removed in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission-reviewed criteria; and (3) in the case of material derived from storage tanks, is disposed of in a facility (including a tank) within South Carolina.

Exempts from this Act any such material transported from South Carolina.

Authorizes DOE to implement any action authorized by a State-approved closure plan or State-issued permit in existence on the date of this Act.

What's happening now May 21, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6067-6068)

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