Sec. 322. Study on environmental contamination and cleanup associated with Thorium-230 and related substances
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Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of a study on the environmental contamination and associated remediation efforts at sites in the United States where weapons containing Thorium-230 were developed, transported, stored, or otherwise used. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include the following: A list of sites with known or suspected Thorium-230 contamination due to weapons development, transportation or storage, or waste disposal. A discussion of the current characterization of each such site as a formerly used defense site, a site subject to a Base Realignment and Closure action, an active site, or other type of site. A specific discussion of the area surrounding Coldwater Creek in Saint Louis, Missouri. The status of each site identified under paragraph
(1)including— any environmental remediation that has been completed or is underway at the site, including contamination levels, if known; any significant illness cluster associated with the geographic proximity of the site; A detailed plan for any necessary environmental remediation as well as site prioritization associated with the sites identified under paragraph (1).