§10203 Technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon states in field of spent fuel storage and disposal

Summary

The United States must offer technical help to countries without nuclear weapons on storing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel. Within 90 days of January 7, 1983, the Secretary of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must publish a joint notice in the Federal Register saying the U.S. is ready to help with at‑reactor and away‑from‑reactor storage, monitored retrievable storage, geologic disposal, and the health, safety, and environmental regulation of these activities. The notice must list available resources like research data, expert consultations, and links to private industry, and it must be updated and republished once a year for the next five years. After each annual notice, the Secretary of State must tell non‑nuclear weapon state governments and, when possible, their nuclear plant operators about the offer, ask if they are interested, and send any replies to the Department and the Commission. The President must include funding requests for an expanded cooperation program in budget submissions for fiscal years 1984 through 1989 based on those interests. “Non‑nuclear weapon state” means what Article IX of the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons says. Nothing here allows actions beyond existing law.