10 U.S.C. § 6211: Accelerated schedule for…

§6211 Accelerated Schedule for Isolating High-level Nuclear Waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART VI — ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense › CHAPTER 604 — DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP MATTERS › SUBCHAPTER IV — SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA › § 6211

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must speed up the plan to put high-level nuclear waste into glass canisters at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina if the Secretary finds that doing so (1) will save the Federal Government money over the long term and (2) could speed up removing and isolating the high-level waste from the site's long-term storage tanks.

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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.

Editorial Notes

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).

§6211 Accelerated Schedule for Isolating High-level Nuclear Waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site

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Title 10, §6211

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