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Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018

Introduced: February 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Feb 7, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 7, 2018
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Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018

This bill amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from approving the request of a licensee for a waiver of, or exemption from, a covered regulation applicable to a civilian nuclear power reactor that has permanently ceased to operate.

A covered regulation includes: (1) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement, or (2) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel.

This prohibition shall not apply to a civilian nuclear power reactor at which all spent nuclear fuel has been transferred to spent nuclear fuel dry casks.

What's happening now February 7, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4441 Related bill Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 7, 2018
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 7, 2018
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 7, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2396: Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2396/
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"S. 2396: Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2396/.
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