§ 10164. Survey

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After the MRS Commission submits its report to the Congress under section 10163 of this title, the Secretary may conduct a survey and evaluation of potentially suitable sites for a monitored retrievable storage facility. In conducting such survey and evaluation, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which siting a monitored retrievable storage facility at each site surveyed would—

(1)enhance the reliability and flexibility of the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste established under this chapter;

(2)minimize the impacts of transportation and handling of such fuel and waste;

(3)provide for public confidence in the ability of such system to safely dispose of the fuel and waste;

(4)impose minimal adverse effects on the local community and the local environment;

(5)provide a high probability that the facility will meet applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements in a timely fashion;

(6)provide such other benefits to the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste as the Secretary deems appropriate; and

(7)unduly burden a State in which significant volumes of high-level radioactive waste resulting from atomic energy defense activities are stored.

(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 144, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5021, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–234.)

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