Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2014
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 13, 2014)
Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2014 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 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.
Specifies as a covered regulation: (1) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement, or (2) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel.
Declares that 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 just happenedMay 13, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMay 13, 2014
- May 13, 2014IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- May 13, 2014IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate