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 101 STAT. 1330-254

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PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

"(2) The Director of the Office of Subseabed Disposal Research shall be responsible for carrying out research, development, and demonstration activities on all aspects of subseabed disposal of highlevel radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, subject to the general supervision of the Secretary. The Director of the Office shall be directly responsible to the Director of the Office of Energy Research, and the first such Director shall be appointed within 30 days of the date of enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987. "(3) In carrying out his responsibilities under this Act, the Secretary may make grants to, or enter into contracts with, the Subseabed Consortium described in subsection (d) of this section, and other persons. "(4)(A) Within 60 days of the date of enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Secretary shall establish a university-based Subseabed Consortium involving leading oceanographic universities and institutions, national laboratories, and other organizations to investigate the technical and institutional feasibility of subseabed disposal. "(B) The Subseabed Consortium shall develop a research plan and budget to achieve the following objectives by 1995: "(i) demonstrate the capacity to identify and characterize potential subseabed disposal sites; "(ii) develop conceptual designs for a subseabed disposal system, including estimated costs and institutional requirements; and "(iii) identify and assess the potential impacts of subseabed disposal on the human and marine environment. "(C) In 1990, and again in 1995, the Subseabed Consortium shall report to Congress on the progress being made in achieving the objectives of paragraph (2). "(5) The Director of the Office of Subseabed Disposal Research shall annually prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the activities and expenditures of the Office.'. SEC. 5604. DRY CASK STORAGE.

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(a) STUDY.—During the period between the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 and October 1, 1988, the Secretary of Energy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall conduct a study and evaluation of the use of dry cask storage technology at the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel until such time as a permanent geologic repository has been constructed and licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Commission") and is capable of receiving spent nuclear fuel. The Secretary shall report to Congress on the study under this paragraph by October 1, 1988. (b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—In conducting the study under paragraph (1) the Secretary shall— (1) consider the costs of dry csisk storage technology, the extent to which dry cask storage on the site of civilian nuclear power reactors will affect human health and the environment, the extent to which the storage on the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors affects the costs and risk of transporting spent nuclear fuel to a central facility such as a monitored retrievable storage facility, and any other factors the Secretary considers appropriate; 7 > < ii»

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