Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act”.
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
A BILL
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before authorizing the construction of a nuclear waste repository.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act, the terms “affected Indian tribe”, Commission, high-level radioactive waste, repository, and spent nuclear fuel have the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
Sec. 3 Consent based approval
In general— The Commission may not authorize construction of a repository unless the Secretary has entered into an agreement to host the repository with—
the Governor of the State in which the repository is proposed to be located;
each affected unit of local government;
any unit of general local government contiguous to the affected unit of local government if spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste will be transported through that unit of general local government for disposal at the repository; and
each affected Indian tribe.
Conditions on agreement— Any agreement to host a repository under this Act—
shall be in writing and signed by all parties;
shall be binding on the parties; and
shall not be amended or revoked except by mutual agreement of the parties.