To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to provide payments to communities in which a nuclear power plant that has ceased generating electricity and that stores spent nuclear fuel onsite is located, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-3929| House
| Updated: 10/6/2017
Joe Courtney
Democratic Representative
Connecticut
Energy Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide compensation to communities in which a nuclear waste storage facility is located. DOE must provide payments equal to $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at the nuclear waste facility. Each local government having a nuclear waste facility within its jurisdictional boundaries must submit an annual application to DOE for compensation.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Energy
Nuclear powerRadioactive wastes and releasesState and local finance
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to provide payments to communities in which a nuclear power plant that has ceased generating electricity and that stores spent nuclear fuel onsite is located, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-3929| House
| Updated: 10/6/2017
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide compensation to communities in which a nuclear waste storage facility is located. DOE must provide payments equal to $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at the nuclear waste facility. Each local government having a nuclear waste facility within its jurisdictional boundaries must submit an annual application to DOE for compensation.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Joe Courtney
Democratic Representative
Connecticut
Energy Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Energy
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Nuclear powerRadioactive wastes and releasesState and local finance