42 U.S.C. § 10153
The Commission shall, by rule, establish procedures for the licensing of any technology approved by the Commission under section 10198(a)1 of this title for use at the site of any civilian nuclear power reactor. The establishment of such procedures shall not preclude the licensing, under any applicable procedures or rules of the Commission in effect prior to such establishment, of any technology for the storage of civilian spent nuclear fuel at the site of any civilian nuclear power reactor.
1See References in Text note below.
42 U.S.C. § 10153
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 10198(a) of this title, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to section 219(a) of Pub. L. 97-425 which is classified to section 10199(a) of this title, and has been translated as section 10198(a) of this title as the probable intent of Congress in view of the subject matter of section 10198(a) which relates to development of technologies for storage of spent nuclear fuel, and the subject matter of section 10199(a) which relates to payments to States and Indian tribes.
- Commission
- The term "Commission" means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
- civilian nuclear power reactor
- The term "civilian nuclear power reactor" means a civilian nuclear powerplant required to be licensed under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this title.
- spent nuclear fuel
- The term "spent nuclear fuel" means fuel that has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor following irradiation, the constituent elements of which have not been separated by reprocessing.
- storage
- The term "storage" means retention of high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or transuranic waste with the intent to recover such waste or fuel for subsequent use, processing, or disposal.