Bill Details
HR.1012 - 119th Congress
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2025-02-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced Date
2025-02-05
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Energy
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This bill would change how the federal government decides which nuclear power plants’ spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste to take first for storage or disposal. Instead of using a general order, the Energy Secretary would have to give priority to waste from plants that are shut down or being shut down, are in heavily populated areas, are in places with higher earthquake risk, or create a serious national security concern because of where the waste is stored. The goal is to move waste first from sites that may be more risky to keep storing it at.
- Plants that are decommissioned or in the process of being decommissioned would get the highest priority.
- Sites in the most populated areas would be moved up in the order.
- Sites in areas with the highest earthquake risk, based on U.S. Geological Survey seismic hazard maps, would also be prioritized.
- The Secretary would also consider national security risks, after consulting with the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1012 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1012
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize the
acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from
certain civilian nuclear power reactors, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2025
Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr.
Lawler, and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize the
acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from
certain civilian nuclear power reactors, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Spent Fuel Prioritization Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE PRIORITY FOR HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT
NUCLEAR FUEL.
Section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10222(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7) In determining the order in which the Secretary will accept
high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel for disposal or
storage, the Secretary shall prioritize high-level radioactive waste or
spent nuclear fuel from a civilian nuclear power reactor based on the
operating status of the civilian nuclear power reactor, the population
of the area in which the civilian nuclear power reactor is located, the
earthquake hazard of the area in which the civilian nuclear power
reactor is located, and national security risk related to the continued
storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel in the
area in which the civilian nuclear power reactor is located, giving
highest priority to a civilian nuclear power reactor that is--
``(A) decommissioned or decommissioning;
``(B) located in an area, as determined by the Secretary,
the population of which is the largest;
``(C) located in an area with the highest hazard of an
earthquake, as indicated by the Seismic Hazard Maps published
by the Director of the United States Geological Survey pursuant
to section 5(b)(3)(J) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
of 1977; and
``(D) located in an area, as determined by the Secretary
(in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Homeland Security), where the continued storage of
high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel poses a
significant national security concern.''.
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