119-hr1012

[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;
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            (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
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            (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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