Sec. 3137. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR TREATING, STORING, AND DISPOSING OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE RESULTING FROM STOCKPILE MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES

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## SEC. 3137 COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR TREATING, STORING, AND DISPOSING OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE RESULTING FROM STOCKPILE MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES ###

(a)In General Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a comprehensive strategy for treating, storing, and disposing of defense nuclear waste generated as a result of stockpile maintenance and modernization activities. ###

(b)Elements The strategy required by subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)A projection of the location, type, and quantity of defense nuclear waste the National Nuclear Security Administration anticipates generating as a result of stockpile maintenance and modernization activities during the periods of five and 10 fiscal years after the submission of the strategy, with a long-term outlook for the period of 25 fiscal years after such submission. ####

(2)Budgetary estimates associated with the projection under paragraph

(1)during the period of five fiscal years after the submission of the strategy. ####

(3)A description of how the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to coordinate with the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy to treat, store, and dispose of the type and quantity of waste projected to be generated under paragraph (1). ####

(4)An identification of— #####

(A)disposal facilities that could accept that waste; #####

(B)disposal facilities that could accept that waste with modifications; and #####

(C)in the case of facilities described in subparagraph (B), the modifications necessary for such facilities to accept that waste. ###

(c)Follow-on Strategy Concurrent with the submission of the budget of the President to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2027, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a follow-on strategy to the strategy required by subsection

(a)that includes— ####

(1)the elements set forth in subsection (b); and ####

(2)any other matters that the Administrator considers appropriate.