S.Amdt. 1631

1. Adds SEC. 3136. CONSIDERATION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE FOR DISPOSAL OF DEFENSE-RELATED NUCLEAR WASTE at the end of subtitle C of title XXXI

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   In S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   The Secretary of Energy shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) specific identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required to meet the pension obligations of the Department of Energy for contractor employees at each facility of the Department of Energy operated using amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear Security Administration or for defense environmental cleanup.

   Inserted: SEC. 3136. CONSIDERATION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE FOR DISPOSAL OF DEFENSE-RELATED NUCLEAR WASTE.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Any plan developed by any Federal agency with respect to the disposal of defense-related nuclear waste under title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10121 et seq.) shall consider--

   Inserted: (1) disposing of such waste by transferring the waste to Yucca Mountain site, Nevada; and

   Inserted: (2) all studies related to the selection of the Yucca Mountain site for the disposal of defense-related nuclear waste.

   Inserted: (b) Defense-Related Nuclear Waste Defined.--In this section, the term "defense-related nuclear waste" means--

   Inserted: (1) transuranic waste;

   Inserted: (2) high-level radioactive waste;

   Inserted: (3) spent nuclear fuel;

   Inserted: (4) special nuclear materials;

   Inserted: (5) greater-than-class C, low-level radioactive waste; and

   Inserted: (6) any other waste arising from the production, storage, or maintenance of nuclear weapons (including components of nuclear weapons).

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title XXXI, add the following:

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