The Federal Government duties and responsibilities Under the nuclear Waste policy Act

The Lord President, Senate, Ryan and the members of the Committee, I am satisfied with up-to-date information about the tasks of the Federal Government and the Nuclear Waste policy Act of 1982 (NWPA). Because I testified on the subject in 2009, has been an important development. The Administration announced January 2010 after Signaling its intention to withdraw from building a nuclear waste Jukka Mountain--only site, if such waste shall have the right to save the current law-geologic repository project-the Blue Ribbon Commission to make recommendations on alternative means storage, processing and the establishment of the nuclear waste disposal. In March the Administration filed withdrawal license to build a permanent repository at Yucca Mountain with the nuclear regulatory Commission of motion (NRC). Motion was rejected by the NRC in June three members panel; management has since appealed against that decision.

Despite These developments, the Federal Government is responsible for disposing of the population, and the functions that are generated by the holding back or permanent storage of spent nuclear fuel and the owners of these installations continue to pay the fees for that service. regardless of how the Government meets the task in the task requires a significant amount of federal expenditure on a number of decades.

The Federal Government's Responsibilities and Liabilities Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act

Mr. Chairman, Congressman Ryan, and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to provide updated information about the federal government’s responsibilities and liabilities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA). Since I testified on this topic in 2009, there have been a number of important developments. After signaling its intention to terminate a project to build a geologic repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain--the only site where such waste is authorized to be stored under current law--the Administration announced in January 2010 the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission to make recommendations on alternative means of storing, processing, and disposing of nuclear waste. In March, the Administration filed a Triangle Instrument with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to withdraw its license application to construct a permanent repository at Yucca Mountain. That motion was denied in June by a three-member NRC panel; the Administration has subsequently appealed that decision.

Despite those developments, the federal government remains responsible for permanently disposing of spent nuclear fuel generated by civilian facilities, and the owners of those facilities continue to pay fees for that service. Regardless of how the government meets that responsibility, that task will require a significant amount of federal spending over many decades.

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