US Congress Senate Bill 2396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018 This bill amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from approving the request of a licensee for a waiver of, or exemption from, a covered regulation applicable to a civilian nuclear power reactor that has permanently ceased to operate. A covered regulation includes: (1) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement, or (2) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel. This prohibition shall not apply to a civilian nuclear power reactor at which all spent nuclear fuel has been transferred to spent nuclear fuel dry casks.

Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018

Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]

Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB4441 (Related) 2017-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2396/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2396/BILLS-115s2396is.pdf