S.Amdt. 3359

1. Rewrites section 3116

   Replaces

   In S. 2400 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Struck: SEC. 3116. DEFENSE SITE ACCELERATION COMPLETION.

   Inserted: SEC. 3116. ON-SITE TREATMENT AND STORAGE OF WASTES FROM REPROCESSING ACTIVITIES AND RELATED WASTE.

   (a) [struck: In General.--]Notwithstanding any other provision of law[struck: , with respect ][inserted: the Department of Energy shall continue all activities related ]to [struck: material stored at a Department ][inserted: the storage, retrieval, treatment, separation and on-site disposition ]of [struck: Energy site at which activities are regulated by the State pursuant to approved ][inserted: tank wastes currently managed as high level radioactive waste in accordance with treatment and ]closure plans [struck: or permits issued by ][inserted: approved by the state in which ]the [struck: State, high-level radioactive waste does not include radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing][inserted: activities are taking place as part of a program to cleanup and dispose] of [inserted: waste from reprocessing ]spent nuclear fuel [struck: that][inserted: at] the [struck: Secretary of Energy determines--][inserted: sites referred to in subsection (c).]

   Struck: (1) does not require permanent isolation in a deep geologic repository for spent fuel or highly radioactive waste pursuant to criteria promulgated by the Department of Energy by rule in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;

   Struck: (2) has had highly radioactive radionuclides removed to the maximum extent practical in accordance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission-reviewed criteria; and

   Struck: (3) in the case of material derived from the storage tanks, is disposed of in a facility (including a tank) within the State pursuant to a State-approved closure plan or a State- issued permit, authority for the approval or issuance of which is conferred on the State outside of this Act.

   Struck: (b) Inapplicability to Certain Materials.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any material otherwise covered by that subsection that is transported from the State.

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   Struck: (c) Scope of Authority To Carry Out Actions.--The Department of Energy may implement any action authorized--

   Struck: (1) by a State-approved closure plan or State-issued permit in existence on the date of enactment of this section; or

   Struck: (2) by a closure plan approved by the State or a permit issued by the State during the pendency of the rulemaking provided for in subsection (a). Any such action may be completed pursuant to the terms of the closure plan or the State-issued permit notwithstanding the final criteria adopted by the rulemaking pursuant to subsection (a).

   Struck: (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term "State" means the State of South Carolina.

   Inserted: (b) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 3102(a)(1) for defense site acceleration completion, $350,000,000 shall be available for the activities to be undertaken pursuant to subsection (a).

   Inserted: (c) Sites.--The sites referred to in this subsection are as follows:

   Inserted: (1) The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho

   Inserted: (2) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina

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

   Inserted: (d) Review by National Research Council.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall enter into a contract with the National Research Council of the National Academies to conduct a study of the necessary technologies and research gaps in the Department of Energy's program to remove high-level radioactive waste from the storage tanks at the Department's sites in South Carolina, Washington and Idaho.

   Inserted: (e) Matters to be Addressed in Study.--The study shall address the following:

   Inserted: (1) The quantities and characteristics of waste in each high-level waste storage tank described in paragraph (a), including data uncertainties;

   Inserted: (2) The technologies by which high-level radioactive waste is currently being removed from the tanks for final disposal under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act;

   Inserted: (3) Technologies currently available but not in use in removing high-level radioactive waste from the tanks;

   Inserted: (4) Any technology gaps that exist to effect the removal of high-level radioactive waste from the tanks;

   Inserted: (5) Other matters that in the judgement of the National Research Council directly relate to the focus of this study.

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   Inserted: (f) Time Limitation.--The National Research Council shall conduct the review over a one year period beginning upon execution of the contract described in subsection (a).

   Inserted: (g) Reports.--

   Inserted: (1) The National Research Council shall submit its findings, conclusions and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy and to the relevant Committees of jurisdiction of the United States Senate and House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) The final report shall be submitted in unclassified form with classified annexes as necessary.

   Inserted: (h) Provision of Information--The Secretary of Energy shall make available to the National Research Council all of the information necessary to complete its report in a timely manner.

   Inserted: (1) Expedited processing of security clearances.--For purposes of facilitating the commencement of the study under this section, the Secretary of Energy shall expedite to the fullest degree possible the processing of security clearances that are necessary for the National Research Council to conduct the study.

   Inserted: (j) Funding.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 3102(a)(1) for environmental management for defense site acceleration completion, $750,000 shall be available for the study authorized under this section.

   Inserted: (k) Section 3119 of this Act shall have no effect.

   Original wording

   Strike section 3116 and insert the following:

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