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[CITE: 42USC10142]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 108--NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY
 
  SUBCHAPTER I--DISPOSAL AND STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, 
           SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, AND LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
 
 Part A--Repositories for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste and 
                           Spent Nuclear Fuel
 
Sec. 10142. Disposal of spent nuclear fuel

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, any repository 
constructed on a site approved under this part shall be designed and 
constructed to permit the retrieval of any spent nuclear fuel placed in 
such repository, during an appropriate period of operation of the 
facility, for any reason pertaining to the public health and safety, or 
the environment, or for the purpose of permitting the recovery of the 
economically valuable contents of such spent fuel. The Secretary shall 
specify the appropriate period of retrievability with respect to any 
repository at the time of design of such repository, and such aspect of 
such repository shall be subject to approval or disapproval by the 
Commission as part of the construction authorization process under 
subsections (b) through (d) of section 10134 of this title.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title I, Sec. 122, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2228.)
