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42 U.S.C. § 10203 — Siting research and related activities
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**(a) In general** Not later than 30 months after the date on which the Secretary completes the identification of sites under [section 10193 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10193&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary is authorized to complete sufficient evaluation of 3 sites to select a site for expanded siting research activities and for other activities under [section 10198 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10198&num=0&edition=prelim). The Secretary is authorized to conduct such preconstruction activities relative to such site selection for the test and evaluation facility as he deems appropriate. Additional sites for the location of the test and evaluation facility authorized in [section 10222(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10222/d&num=0&edition=prelim) may be evaluated after such 30-month period, following the same procedures as if such sites were to be evaluated within such period.
**(b) Public meetings and environmental assessment** Not later than 6 months after the date on which the Secretary completes the identification of sites under [section 10193 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10193&num=0&edition=prelim), and before beginning siting research activities, the Secretary shall hold at least 1 public meeting in the vicinity of each site to inform the residents of the area of the activities to be conducted at such site and to receive their views.
**(c) Restrictions** Except as provided in [section 10198 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10198&num=0&edition=prelim) with resp
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**(a) In general** Not later than 30 months after the date on which the Secretary completes the identification of sites under [section 10193 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10193&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary is authorized to complete sufficient evaluation of 3 sites to select a site for expanded siting research activities and for other activities under [section 10198 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10198&num=0&edition=prelim). The Secretary is authorized to conduct such preconstruction activities relative to such site selection for the test and evaluation facility as he deems appropriate. Additional sites for the location of the test and evaluation facility authorized in [section 10222(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10222/d&num=0&edition=prelim) may be evaluated after such 30-month period, following the same procedures as if such sites were to be evaluated within such period.
**(b) Public meetings and environmental assessment** Not later than 6 months after the date on which the Secretary completes the identification of sites under [section 10193 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10193&num=0&edition=prelim), and before beginning siting research activities, the Secretary shall hold at least 1 public meeting in the vicinity of each site to inform the residents of the area of the activities to be conducted at such site and to receive their views.
**(c) Restrictions** Except as provided in [section 10198 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10198&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to a test and evaluation facility, in conducting siting research activities pursuant to subsection (a)—
(1) the Secretary shall use the minimum quantity of high-level radioactive waste or other radioactive materials, if any, necessary to achieve the test or research objectives;
(2) the Secretary shall ensure that any radioactive material used or placed on a site shall be fully retrievable; and
(3) upon termination of siting research activities at a site for any reason, the Secretary shall remove any radioactive material at or in the site as promptly as practicable.
**(d) Title to material** The Secretary may take title, in the name of the Federal Government, to the high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or other radioactive material emplaced in a test and evaluation facility. If the Secretary takes title to any such material, the Secretary shall enter into the appropriate financial arrangements described in subsection (a) or (b) of [section 10222 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10222&num=0&edition=prelim) for the disposal of such material.
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**(a) In general**
(1) The Secretary may enter into a benefits agreement with the State of Nevada concerning a repository or with a State or an Indian tribe concerning a monitored retrievable storage facility for the acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel in that State or on the reservation of that tribe, as appropriate.
(2) The State or Indian tribe may enter into such an agreement only if the State Attorney General or the appropriate governing authority of the Indian tribe or the Secretary of the Interior, in the absence of an appropriate governing authority, as appropriate, certifies to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the laws of the State or Indian tribe provide adequate authority for that entity to enter into the benefits agreement.
(3) Any benefits agreement with a State under this section shall be negotiated in consultation with affected units of local government in such State.
(4) Benefits and payments under this part may be made available only in accordance with a benefits agreement under this section.
**(b) Amendment** A benefits agreement entered into under subsection (a) may be amended only by the mutual consent of the parties to the agreement and terminated only in accordance with [section 10173c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10173c&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Agreement with Nevada** The Secretary shall offer to enter into a benefits agreement with the Governor of Nevada. Any benefits agreement with a State under this subsection shall be negotiated in consultation with any affected units of local government in such State.
**(d) Monitored retrievable storage** The Secretary shall offer to enter into a benefits agreement relating to a monitored retrievable st
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**(a) Purpose** Not later than 64 months after January 7, 1983, the Secretary is authorized to, to the extent practicable, begin at a site evaluated under [section 10194 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10194&num=0&edition=prelim), as part of and as an extension of siting research activities of such site under such section, the mining and construction of a test and evaluation facility. Prior to the mining and construction of such facility, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental assessment. The purpose of such facility shall be—
(1) to supplement and focus the repository site characterization process;
(2) to provide the conditions under which known technological components can be integrated to demonstrate a functioning repository-like system;
(3) to provide a means of identifying, evaluating, and resolving potential repository licensing issues that could not be resolved during the siting research program conducted under section 10192 11 So in original. Probably should be “10194”. of this title;
(4) to validate, under actual conditions, the scientific models used in the design of a repository;
(5) to refine the design and engineering of repository components and systems and to confirm the predicted behavior of such components and systems;
(6) to supplement the siting data, the generic and specific geological characteristics developed under [section 10194 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10194&num=0&edition=prelim) relating to isolating disposal materials in the physical environment of a repository;
(7) to evaluate the design concepts for packaging, handling, and emplacement of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel at the design rat
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**(a) In general** Within one year of December 22, 1987, the Secretary shall report to Congress on the potential impacts of locating a repository at the Yucca Mountain site, including the recommendations of the Secretary for mitigation of such impacts and a statement of which impacts should be dealt with by the Federal Government, which should be dealt with by the State with State resources, including the benefits payments under [section 10173a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10173a&num=0&edition=prelim), and which should be a joint Federal-State responsibility. The report under this subsection shall include the analysis of the Secretary of the authorities available to mitigate these impacts and the appropriate sources of funds for such mitigation.
**(b) Impacts to be considered** Potential impacts to be addressed in the report under this 11 So in original. The word “this” probably should not appear. subsection (a) shall include impacts on—
(1) education, including facilities and personnel for elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, vocational and technical schools and universities;
(2) public health, including the facilities and personnel for treatment and distribution of water, the treatment of sewage, the control of pests and the disposal of solid waste;
(3) law enforcement, including facilities and personnel for the courts, police and sheriff’s departments, district attorneys and public defenders and prisons;
(4) fire protection, including personnel, the construction of fire stations, and the acquisition of equipment;
(5) medical care, including emergency services and hospitals;
(6) cultural and recreational needs, including facilities and personnel for libraries and museums and the acqu
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 10202
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§ 10202. Research on alternatives for permanent
disposal of high-level radioactive waste
The Secretary shall continue and accelerate a
program of research, development, and inves-
tigation of alternative means and technologies
for the permanent disposal of high-level radio-
active waste from civilian nuclear activities and
Federal research and development activities ex-
cept that funding shall be made from amounts
appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of
carrying out this section. Such program shall
include examination of various waste disposal
options.
(Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 222, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat.
2254.)
§ 10203. Technical assistance to non-nuclear
weapon states in field of spent fuel storage
and disposal
(a) Statement of policy
It shall be the policy of the United States to
cooperate with and provide technical assistance
to non-nuclear weapon states in the field of
spent fuel storage and disposal.
(b) Publication of joint notice; update
(1) Within 90 days of January 7, 1983, the Sec-
retary and the Commission shall publish a joint
notice in the Federal Register stating that the
United States is prepared to cooperate with and
provide technical assistance to non-nuclear
weapon states in the fields of at-reactor spent
fuel storage; away-from-reactor spent fuel stor-
age; monitored, retrievable spent fuel storage;
geologic disposal of spent fuel; and the health,
safety, and environmental regulation of such ac-
tivities. The notice shall summarize the re-
sources that can be made available for inter-
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