Sec. 3123. Analyses of options for disposal of high-level radioactive waste
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall enter into an arrangement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct comprehensive analyses of the costs, schedules, benefits, and risks of the options for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste managed by the Department of Energy referenced in the report of the Department, dated October 2014, on the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel managed by the Department. The analyses required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An analysis of, at a minimum, the following options for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste managed by the Department of Energy: A single common repository for commercial and defense high-level radioactive waste. Various options for separate repositories for commercial and defense high-level radioactive waste. An estimate of the total system life cycle cost and schedule for each of the options described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)that— includes estimates for each phase of work on each such option, including site selection and characterization, licensing activities, design and construction of the repositories, operation of the repositories, transportation of waste, and closure and monitoring; and is developed in accordance with the cost and schedule best practices of the Government Accountability Office. An assessment of the benefits and risks associated with each of the options described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)that— uses sensitivity analysis and other techniques, as appropriate, to determine the potential effects of those benefit and risks on the cost and schedule estimates required by paragraph (2); and includes benefit-cost or cost-effectiveness analyses following the guidelines established by the Office of Management and Budget in Circular A–94. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General of the United States the analyses required by subsection (a). Not later than 60 days after receiving the analyses pursuant to subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a review of the design, methodology, and conclusions of the analyses. Except to the extent necessary to execute the arrangement required by subsection (a), the Secretary may not obligate or expend any amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Energy for the development of a repository for only defense waste until the Comptroller General submits the review required by subsection
(d)to the congressional defense committees.