Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/713

 PUBLIC LAW 97-415—JAN. 4, 1983

96 STAT. 2075

applicable safety requirements in effect pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) assessing the feasibility and benefits of the various means listed in subsection (b); the Commission shall undertake a pilot program to review and evaluate programs that include one or more of the alternative concepts identified in subsection (b) for the purposes of assessing the feasibility and benefits of their implementation. The pilot program shall include programs that use independent inspectors for auditing quality assurance responsibilities of the licensee for the construction of commercial nuclear powerplants, as described in paragraph (5) of subsection (b). The pilot program shall include at least three sites at which commercial nuclear powerplants are under construction. The Commission shall select at least one site at which quality assurance and quality control programs have operated satisfactorily, and at least two sites with remedial programs underway at which major construction, quality assurance, or quality control deficiencies (or any combination thereof) have been identified in the past. The Commission may require any changes in existing quality assurance and quality control organizations and relationships that may be necessary at the selected sites to implement the pilot program, (d) Not later than fifteen months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete the study required under subsection (b) and submit to the United States Senate and House of Representatives a report setting forth the results of the study. The report shall include a brief summary of the information received from the public and from other persons referred to in subsection (b) and a statement of the Commission's response to the significant comments received. The report shall also set forth an analysis of the results of the pilot program required under subsection (c). The report shall be accompanied by the recommendations of the Commission, including any legislative recommendations, and a description of any administrative actions that the Commission has undertaken or intends to undertake, for improving quality assurance and quality control programs that are applicable during the construction of nuclear powerplants.

42 USC 2011 note. Pilot program.

Study results, submittal to Congress.

LIMITATION ON USE OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL

SEC. 14. Section 57 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2077) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "e. Special nuclear material, as defined in section 11, produced in facilities licensed under section 103 or 104 may not be transferred, reprocessed, used, or otherwise made available by any instrumentality of the United States or any other person for nuclear explosive purposes.". RESIDENT I N S P E C TO R S

SEC. 15. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall use such sums as may be necessary to conduct a study of the financial hardships incurred by resident inspectors as a result of (1) regulations of the Commission requiring resident inspectors to relocate periodically from one duty station to another; and (2) the requirements of the Commission respecting the domicile of resident inspectors and

42 USC 2014. 42 USC 2133, 2134.

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