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 92 STAT. 54

Public hearings.

Public comments on study, submittal to Congress.

Ante, p. 48. Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant, S.C, ^^^^y-

PUBLIC LAW 95-238—FEB. 25, 1978 (3) permanent Federal ownership of and responsibility for all or part of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, and Federal receipt of the license from the present co-licensees; and (4) use of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center for other purposes. (b) Preparation of such study shall be in cooperation with the Nuclear Kegulatory Commission and other Federal agencies, the State of New York, the industrial participants, and the public, and the Secretary of Energy shall conduct informational public hearings (in lieu of any formal administrative hearings) prior to completion of the study. The study shall recommend allocation of existing and future responsibilities among the Federal Government, the State of New York, and present industrial participants in the Western New York Nuclear Service Center. (c) Ninety days prior to submission of the study to the Congress the Secretary of Energy shall release the proposed study for comment by interested parties, and such comments as are received shall be submitted as attachments to the final study submitted to the Congress. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as intending to commit the Federal Government to any new assistance or participation in the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, nor as relieving any party of any duties or responsibilities under any law, regulation, or contract to provide for the safe storage of nuclear waste. (e) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. there is included in subsection 101(20) of this Act authorization of appropriations in the amount of $1,000,000. SEC. 106. (a) The Department of Energy shall conduct a study of the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant located in South Carolina to determine if that facility may be utilized in support of the nonproliferation objectives of the United States. (b) The study required under subsection (a) shall— (1) include an evaluation of the multinational and international management options available for utilizing the Barnwell facility; (2) include an evaluation of how Barnwell facility might be used to contribute to the INFCE, including preliminary studies on siting and design for adjacent facilities to the Barnwell Separations Plant to solidify liquid waste and mixed oxide evolving from the chemical separations process (these preliminary efforts being consistent with similar efforts undertaken as part of the I N F C E); (3) include an evaluation of a possible role for the IAEA in utilization of Barnwell facility for international non-proliferation programs; (4) include an evaluation of the means b;y^ which the Barnwell facility could be used in demonstration of improved safeguards equipment and proceedings; (5) include an evaluation of how the Barnwell facility can be used to complement the United States-approved research and development program at the Japanese Tokai Mura Reprocessing Plant, and non-proliferation research activities to be undertaken at the British Windscale Reprocessing Plant; and (6) include an evaluation of whether and how the Barnwell facility might be transferred to the Federal Government. (c) In carrying out the study required under subsection (a) due consideration shall be given to the impact which the effective and

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