§6194 Plan for Deactivation and Decommissioning of Nonoperational Defense Nuclear Facilities

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must make and carry out a plan every four years starting in 2025 for shutting down and cleaning up nonoperational defense nuclear facilities. The plan must give a prioritized list of such sites based on how much they reduce risk and save money, estimate life‑cycle costs for each site for up to 25 years (or until the expected cleanup date), estimate the time and money needed to clean each site, set a schedule for when the Office of Environmental Management will take each site for cleanup, and estimate costs that could be avoided by speeding cleanup or reusing a site. During 2025 the Secretary must also make a plan so the Administrator will transfer, by March 31, 2029, responsibility to the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management for Administration facilities the Secretary finds were nonoperational as of September 30, 2024. A report containing the plan is due to the appropriate congressional committees by March 31, 2025 and every four years after, showing next year’s expected actions and what was done since the last report. These requirements end after the report due no later than March 31, 2033. Definitions (one line each): appropriate congressional committees — the congressional defense committees, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; life cycle costs — present and future costs to run and later clean up a facility; nonoperational defense nuclear facility — a production or use facility under the Secretary used for national security that is no longer needed.