A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to impose certain restrictions on the licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of radioactive waste disposal facilities in certain populated areas, and for other purposes.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

22 February 1978

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Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Summary

Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the licensing of high-level radioactive waste disposal facilities located in areas where there exists an average of more than 15 persons per square mile in a 50-mile radius of the proposed facility. Allows the Governor of the State in question to waive such prohibition.

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summary · EN · 22 February 1978
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/11064
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