---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 10263"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "10263"
heading: "Functions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/10263"
units:
  - "Chapter 108 — Nuclear Waste Policy"
  - "Subchapter V — Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board"
---

# §10263. Functions


The [Board](/usc/42/10261.md?p=2) shall evaluate the technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the [Secretary](/usc/42/10101.md?p=20) after December 22, 1987, including—

- (1) [site characterization](/usc/42/10101.md?p=21) activities; and
- (2) activities relating to the packaging or transportation of [high-level radioactive waste](/usc/42/10101.md?p=12) or [spent nuclear fuel](/usc/42/10101.md?p=23).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–425, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5051, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–249.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.