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42 U.S.C. § 10191 — Selection of Yucca Mountain site
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**(a) In general**
(1) The Secretary shall provide for an orderly phase-out of site specific activities at all candidate sites other than the Yucca Mountain site.
(2) The Secretary shall terminate all site specific activities (other than reclamation activities) at all candidate sites, other than the Yucca Mountain site, within 90 days after December 22, 1987.
**(b) Eligibility to enter into benefits agreement** Effective on December 22, 1987, the State of Nevada shall be eligible to enter into a benefits agreement with the Secretary under [section 10173 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10173&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In general**
(1) The Secretary shall provide for an orderly phase-out of site specific activities at all candidate sites other than the Yucca Mountain site.
(2) The Secretary shall terminate all site specific activities (other than reclamation activities) at all candidate sites, other than the Yucca Mountain site, within 90 days after December 22, 1987.
**(b) Eligibility to enter into benefits agreement** Effective on December 22, 1987, the State of Nevada shall be eligible to enter into a benefits agreement with the Secretary under [section 10173 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10173&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) 11 So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted. Establishment**
(1)
(A) There is established a Monitored Retrievable Storage Review Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “MRS Commission”), that shall consist of 3 members who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(B) Members of the MRS Commission shall be appointed not later than 30 days after December 22, 1987, from among persons who as a result of training, experience and attainments are exceptionally well qualified to evaluate the need for a monitored retrievable storage facility as a part of the Nation’s nuclear waste management system.
(C) The MRS Commission shall prepare a report on the need for a monitored retrievable storage facility as a part of a national nuclear waste management system that achieves the purposes of this chapter. In preparing the report under this subparagraph, the MRS Commission shall—
(i) review the status and adequacy of the Secretary’s evaluation of the systems advantages and disadvantages of bringing such a facility into the national nuclear waste disposal system;
(ii) obtain comment and available data on monitored retrievable storage from affected parties, including States containing potentially acceptable sites;
(iii) evaluate the utility of a monitored retrievable storage facility from a technical perspective; and
(iv) make a recommendation to Congress as to whether such a facility should be included in the national nuclear waste management system in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including meeting needs for packaging and handling of spent nuclear fuel, improving the flexibility of the repository development sc
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 10175
(14) other needs of the State and local gov-
ernments that would not have arisen but for
the characterization of the site and the con-
struction, operation, and eventual closure of
the repository facility.
(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 175, as added Pub. L.
100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V,
§ 5031, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–240.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical
sections.
PART H—TRANSPORTATION
§ 10175. Transportation
(a) Packaging
No spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive
waste may be transported by or for the Sec-
retary under part A or under part C except in
packages that have been certified for such pur-
pose by the Commission.
(b) Advance notification
The Secretary shall abide by regulations of
the Commission regarding advance notification
of State and local governments prior to trans-
portation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level ra-
dioactive waste under part A or under part C.
(c) Training for public safety officials
The Secretary shall provide technical assist-
ance and funds to States for training for public
safety officials of appropriate units of local gov-
ernment and Indian tribes through whose juris-
diction the Secretary plans to transport spent
nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste
under part A or under part C. Training shall
cover procedures required for safe routine trans-
portation of these materials, as well as proce-
dures for dealing with emergency response situ-
ations. The Waste Fund shall be the source of
funds for work carried out under this subsection.
(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 180, as added Pub. L.
100–202, § 101(d) [title
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