---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch108/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Research, Development, and Demonstration Regarding Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch108-schII"
sections_count: 14
---

# Subchapter II — Research, Development, and Demonstration Regarding Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 108 — Nuclear Waste Policy

## Sections

- [§10191. Purpose](/usc/42/10191.md)
- [§10192. Applicability](/usc/42/10192.md)
- [§10193. Identification of sites](/usc/42/10193.md)
- [§10194. Siting research and related activities](/usc/42/10194.md)
- [§10195. Test and evaluation facility siting review and reports](/usc/42/10195.md)
- [§10196. Federal agency actions](/usc/42/10196.md)
- [§10197. Research and development on disposal of high-level radioactive waste](/usc/42/10197.md)
- [§10198. Research and development on spent nuclear fuel](/usc/42/10198.md)
- [§10199. Payments to States and Indian tribes](/usc/42/10199.md)
- [§10200. Study of research and development needs for monitored retrievable storage proposal](/usc/42/10200.md)
- [§10201. Judicial review](/usc/42/10201.md)
- [§10202. Research on alternatives for permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste](/usc/42/10202.md)
- [§10203. Technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon states in field of spent fuel storage and disposal](/usc/42/10203.md)
- [§10204. Subseabed disposal](/usc/42/10204.md)