§10203 Technical Assistance to Non-nuclear Weapon States in Field of Spent Fuel Storage and Disposal

Summary

The United States must work with and give technical help to non-nuclear weapon states on storing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel. Within 90 days of January 7, 1983, the Secretary and the Commission must publish a joint notice in the Federal Register saying the U.S. is ready to help in areas like at-reactor and away-from-reactor storage, monitored retrievable storage, geologic disposal, and the health, safety, and environmental regulation of those activities. The notice must list available resources from Department and Commission programs, such as research data, expert consultations, and links to private companies. The notice must be updated and reissued each year for five years. After each annual notice, the Secretary of State must tell non-nuclear weapon governments and, when possible, their nuclear plant operators about the offer and ask if they are interested, then send responses to the Department and the Commission. The President must include funding requests for expanded cooperation in the budget materials for the Department and the Commission for fiscal years 1984 through 1989, based on demonstrated interest. "Non-nuclear weapon state" has the meaning given in Article IX of the NPT. Nothing here lets the Department or the Commission act beyond what current law allows.