Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§10162 Authorization of Monitored Retrievable Storage

Title 42 › CHAPTER 108 — NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY › SUBCHAPTER I — DISPOSAL AND STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, AND LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE › Part C — Monitored Retrievable Storage › § 10162

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Cancels the Secretary's earlier plan (EC–1022, 100th Congress) to put a monitored retrievable storage facility at the Clinch River site in Roane County, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, or at the alternative Oak Ridge Reservation and Hartsville sites. When carrying out sections 10164 and 10165, the Secretary must not favor those sites just because they were picked before. Allows the Secretary to choose, build, and run one monitored retrievable storage facility, but only under the rules in sections 10163 through 10169.

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Title 42, §10162

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(a)Nullification of Oak Ridge siting proposal

The proposal of the Secretary (EC–1022, 100th Congress) to locate a monitored retrievable storage facility at a site on the Clinch River in the Roane County portion of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with alternative sites on the Oak Ridge Reservation of the Department of Energy and on the former site of a proposed nuclear powerplant in Hartsville, Tennessee, is annulled and revoked. In carrying out the provisions of section 10164 and 10165 of this title, the Secretary shall make no presumption or preference to such sites by reason of their previous selection.

(b)Authorization

The Secretary is authorized to site, construct, and operate one monitored retrievable storage facility subject to the conditions described in sections 10163 through 10169 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 10162

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110