S 2871
117th Congress
Senate
Energy
Nuclear Waste Task Force Act of 2021
Introduced: September 28, 2021
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Sep 28, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 28, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Nuclear Waste Task Force Act of 2021
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a task force that must evaluate the implications of amending the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove exemptions from environmental laws for spent nuclear waste and high-level radioactive waste in order to enable consent-based siting of disposal and storage solutions for such waste. The task force must provide a clear explanation of what constitutes consent-based siting. In addition, the task force may provide participation grants to help environmental justice communities on issues relating to the storage and disposal of such waste.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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