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HR 515 EHRFSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

111th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 515CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AN ACTCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Radioactive Import Deterrence Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION.

(a) Amendment- Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2015 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 276 the following new section:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘Sec. 277. Importation of Low-Level Radioactive Waste-.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘a. Except as provided in subsection b. or c., the Commission shall not issue a license authorizing the importation into the United States of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) low-level radioactive waste (as defined in section 2 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021b)); orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) specific radioactive waste streams exempted from regulation by the Commission under section 10 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021j).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘b. Subsection a. shall not apply to--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) low-level radioactive waste being returned to a United States Government or military facility which is authorized to possess the material; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) low-level radioactive waste resulting from the use in a foreign country of nuclear material obtained by the foreign user from an entity in the United States that is being returned to the United States for management and disposal.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘c. The President may waive the prohibition under this section and authorize the grant of a specific license to import materials prohibited under subsection a., under the rules of the Commission, only after a finding that such importation would meet an important national or international policy goal, such as the use of waste for research purposes. Such a waiver must specify the policy goal to be achieved, how it is to be achieved, and the amount of material to be imported.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘d. A license not permitted under this section that was issued before the date of enactment of this section may continue in effect according to its terms, but may not be extended or amended with respect to the amount of material permitted to be imported.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Table of Contents Amendment- The table of contents for the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amendedCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





by inserting after the item relating to section 276 the following new item:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘Sec. 277. Importation of low-level radioactive waste.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 2009.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 515

AN ACT

To prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the United States LORRAINE C. MILLER, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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