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Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006

Introduced: March 1, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Sep 25, 2006
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
Sep 25, 2006
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-347. Additional views filed.
Sep 13, 2006
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 1, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 1, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1581-1582)
Mar 1, 2006
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to promulgate regulations requiring certain civilian nuclear power facilities to provide notice of any release to the environment of fission products or other radioactive substances.

Directs the NRC to consider requiring licensees of such facilities to give notice of any release: (1) within 24 hours after it happens; (2) to the NRC and state and county governments in which the facility is located if an unplanned release exceeds allowable limits for normal operation, is not subject to more stringent NRC requirements or enters into the environment, and may cause drinking water sources to exceed a maximum radioactive contaminant level; and (3) to such state and county governments if the unplanned release reaches the environment by a path otherwise not allowed or recognized by the facility's operating license but falls within the allowable limits for normal operation.

Declares that this Act does not provide to any state or county that receives such notice regulatory jurisdiction over a licensee of such a facility.

What's happening now September 25, 2006

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.

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