Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§10225 Location of Test and Evaluation Facility

Title 42 › Chapter 108— NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY › Subchapter III— OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIOACTIVE WASTE › § 10225

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress, within one year after January 7, 1983, a report saying whether the test and evaluation facility will be located at a repository site. If the facility is put at a candidate site or a repository site, its site choice and development must follow the rules in subchapter I for repositories. The Secretary cannot start building any surface parts of the facility until the Commission issues a construction authorization for a repository at that site. The facility cannot be changed into a repository unless its site selection and development followed subchapter I. The Secretary also cannot begin building at a candidate or recommended site until that site’s designation is effective under section 10135.

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Title 42, §10225

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(a)Not later than 1 year after January 7, 1983, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report setting forth whether the Secretary plans to locate the test and evaluation facility at the site of a repository.

(b)(1)If the test and evaluation facility is to be located at any candidate site or repository site (A) site selection and development of such facility shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures and requirements established in subchapter I with respect to the site selection and development of repositories; and (B) the Secretary may not commence construction of any surface facility for such test and evaluation facility prior to issuance by the Commission of a construction authorization for a repository at the site involved.

(2)No test and evaluation facility may be converted into a repository unless site selection and development of such facility was conducted in accordance with the procedures and requirements established in subchapter I with respect to the site selection and development of respositories.11 So in original. Probably should be “repositories.”

(3)The Secretary may not commence construction of a test and evaluation facility at a candidate site or site recommended as the location for a repository prior to the date on which the designation of such site is effective under section 10135 of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 10225

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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