S.Amdt. 3348

1. Replaces “DEFENSE” through page 385, line 21 with new text

   ReplacesPage 384, line 3 through page 385, line 21Printed page

   Struck: DEFENSE …

   Inserted: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY ON MANAGEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.

   Inserted: (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study of the plans of the Department of Energy to manage the waste streams specified in subsection (b) that are not currently planned for disposal in a high-level repository.

   Inserted: (b) Covered Waste Streams.--The waste streams referred to in subsection (a) are the streams of high-level radioactive waste at--

   Inserted: (1) the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina;

   Inserted: (2) the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho; and

   Inserted: (3) the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington.

   Inserted: (c) Elements of Study.--The study required under subsection (a) shall evaluate--

   Inserted: (1) the physical, chemical, and radiological characteristics of the waste referred to in subsection (b), including the waste proposed to be left indefinitely in storage tanks;

   Inserted: (2) the probability that such waste, if left indefinitely in storage tanks, will leak into the environment and the range of potential dangers such leakage would represent;

   Inserted: (3) the plans of the Department of Energy for the disposal of the high-level radioactive waste that the Department had planned, before certain litigation in Federal district court in 2003 on "Waste Incidental to Reprocessing", to reclassify as low-level waste;

   Inserted: (4) treatment and disposal alternatives to the plans referred to in paragraph (3), including, for each such alternative, assessments of the technology approaches and of the implications with respect to cost, worker safety, and long-term environmental and human health;

   Inserted: (5) the adequacy of the plans referred to in subsection (a), including Department of Energy Order No. 435.1, to protect, for the long term, the environment and population surrounding each site referred to in subsection (b); and

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   Inserted: (6) any other matters that the National Research Council considers appropriate and directly related to the subject matter of the study.

   Inserted: (d) Recommendations Required.--In carrying out the study, the National Research Council shall develop recommendations relating to the subject matter of the study. The recommendations shall include--

   Inserted: (1) recommendations for improving the scientific basis for managing the waste covered by the study, including alternative criteria for determining what waste should be managed as "Waste Incidental to Reprocessing"; and

   Inserted: (2) any other recommendations that the National Research Council considers appropriate and directly related to the subject matter of the study.

   Inserted: (e) Reports.--The National Research Council shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and the congressional defense committees--

   Inserted: (1) not later than six months after entering into the arrangement required under subsection (a), an interim report on the study with respect to the waste proposed to be left indefinitely in storage tanks, including the tentative findings, conclusions, and recommendations with respect to such waste; and

   Inserted: (2) not later than one year after entering into the arrangement required under subsection (a), a final report on the study, including all findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

   Inserted: (f) Provision of Information.--The Secretary of Energy shall make available to the National Research Council all information that the National Research Council considers necessary to carry out, in a timely manner, its responsibilities under this section.

   Inserted: (g) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 by section 3102 for environmental management activities in carrying out programs necessary for national security, $1,500,000 shall be available only for carrying out the study required under this section.

   Original wording

   Beginning on page 384, line 3, strike “DEFENSE” and all that follows through page 385, line 21, and insert “NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY ON MANAGEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.

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