Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§6211 Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART VI— - ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart Subpart B— - Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter CHAPTER 604— - DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP MATTERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA › § 6211
Summary
Energy Secretary must speed up isolating high-level nuclear waste as glass canisters at Savannah River Site if it saves the federal government money and speeds tank removal.
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Title 10, §6211
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The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate the schedule for the isolation of high-level nuclear waste in glass canisters at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, if the Secretary determines that the acceleration of such schedule—
(1)will achieve long-term cost savings to the Federal Government; and
(2)could accelerate the removal and isolation of high-level nuclear waste from long-term storage tanks at the site.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2631 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).
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10 U.S.C. § 6211
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73