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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 19, 1994
Federal Nuclear Waste Responsibility Act of 1994 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to instruct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) take title to certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel by a specified deadline; (2) take possession of such waste and spent fuel in accordance with the Federal Integrated Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Program; (3) establish an interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility at one or more Federal sites; and (4) notify the Congress within 30 days if the deadline cannot be met. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit issuance of either a construction permit or combined construction and operating license for a utilization facility used for the generation of electricity for commercial sale, unless: (1) there is in existence a federally licensed facility for the interim storage or permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel generated by the utilization facility; and (2) the Secretary has certified that the facility will have an adequate capacity to accept all such waste and spent nuclear fuel generated during its lifetime.
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Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] · R–MI
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1918)
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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