Nuclear Energy Waste Policy Act of 1987

Summary

Nuclear Energy Waste Policy Act of 1987 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit any spent nuclear fuel from being transported to a high-level nuclear waste repository until that fuel has been stored for a minimum of 50 years from the time of its removal from the reactor's core. Specifies that storage must take place: (1) on the grounds of the commercial nuclear powerplant which generated the spent fuel; (2) on the grounds of a commercial nuclear powerplant to which spent fuel has been transshipped; or (3) at a monitored retrievable storage facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Timeline

1. 6 May 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 May 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 July 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-293.

   Source: Committee

4. 17 July 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-293.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 May 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA] · R · Sponsor
• · sseg00 · Standing

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