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[CITE: 42USC10164]

 
                 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 C--Monitored Retrievable Storage
 
Sec. 10164. Survey

    After the MRS Commission submits its report to the Congress under 
section 10163 of this title, the Secretary may conduct a survey and 
evaluation of potentially suitable sites for a monitored retrievable 
storage facility. In conducting such survey and evaluation, the 
Secretary shall consider the extent to which siting a monitored 
retrievable storage facility at each site surveyed would--
        (1) enhance the reliability and flexibility of the system for 
    the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste 
    established under this chapter;
        (2) minimize the impacts of transportation and handling of such 
    fuel and waste;
        (3) provide for public confidence in the ability of such system 
    to safely dispose of the fuel and waste;
        (4) impose minimal adverse effects on the local community and 
    the local environment;
        (5) provide a high probability that the facility will meet 
    applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements in a 
    timely fashion;
        (6) provide such other benefits to the system for the disposal 
    of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste as the 
    Secretary deems appropriate; and
        (7) unduly burden a State in which significant volumes of high-
    level radioactive waste resulting from atomic energy defense 
    activities are stored.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title I, Sec. 144, as added Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(d) [title III, Sec. 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-104, 
1329-121; Pub. L. 100-203, title V, Sec. 5021, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1330-234.)

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 100-202 and Pub. L. 100-203 added identical sections.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 10162, 10165 of this title.
