Sec. 301. Radiological material repository
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The Federal Government shall site and permit at least one radiological material geologic repository for the disposal of radiological material. The repository site at Yucca Mountain shall remain the site for the Nation’s radiological material repository following full statutory review of the Department of Energy’s license application to construct the Yucca Mountain repository. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall continue to review the Department of Energy’s pending license application to construct the repository at Yucca Mountain until a determination is made on the merits of the application.
Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall make a determination regarding the suitability of Yucca Mountain under subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall approve the application under subsection (b). All statutory limitations on the amount of radiological material that can be placed in Yucca Mountain are hereby removed and shall be replaced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with new limits based on scientific and technical analysis of the full capacity of Yucca Mountain for the storage of radiological material.