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 • 104 STAT. 1834 PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 release or excessive temperature or pressure at each tank so identified. If such monitoring is not being carried out, as soon as practicable the Secretary shall install such monitoring, but only if a type of monitoring that does not itself increase the danger of a release can be installed. (b) ACTION PLANS. —Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall develop action plans to respond to excessive temperature or pressure or a release from any tank identified under subsection (a). (c) PROHIBITION.— Beginning 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, no additional high-level nuclear waste (except for small amounts removed and returned to a tank for analysis) may be added to a tank identified under subsection (a) unless the Secretary determines that no safer alternative than adding such waste to the tank currently exists or that the' tank does not pose a serious potential for release of high-level nuclear waste. (d) REPORT.—Within six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on actions taken to promote tank safety, including actions taken pursuant to this section, and the Secretary's timetable for resolving outstanding issues on how to handle the waste in such tanks. SEC. 3138. PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION RELEASED FROM HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVA- TION (a) FUNDING.— Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy under this title, the Secretary of Energy shall make available $3,000,000 to the State of Washington, $1,000,000 to the State of Oregon, and $1,000,000 to the State of Idaho. Such funds shall be used to develop and implement programs for the benefit of persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Department of Energy Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Richland, Washington) between the years 1944 and 1972. (b) PROGRAMS.— The programs to be developed by the States may include only the following activities: (1) Preparing and distributing information on the health effects of radiation to health care professionals, and to persons who may have been exposed to radiation. (2) Developing and implementing mechanisms for referring persons who may have been exposed to radiation to health care professionals with expertise in the health effects of radiation. (3) Evaluating and, if feasible, implementing, registration and monitoring of persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. State listing. (c) PLAN AND REPORTS. — (1) The States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho shall jointly develop a single plan for implementing this section. (2) Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, such States shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and the Congress a copy of the plan developed under paragraph (1). (3) Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, such States shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and the Congress a single report on the implementation of the plan developed under paragraph (1). (4) In developing and implementing the plan, such States shall consult with persons carrying out current radiation dose and epidemiological research programs (including the Hanford Thyroid

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