10 USC § 6211 - Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site

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title: "10 USC § 6211 - Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6211"
section_name: "Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site"
chapter_number: 604
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1401.)"
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# § 6211. Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site

The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate the schedule for the isolation of high-level nuclear waste in glass canisters at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, if the Secretary determines that the acceleration of such schedule—

**(1)** will achieve long-term cost savings to the Federal Government; and

**(2)** could accelerate the removal and isolation of high-level nuclear waste from long-term storage tanks at the site.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1401.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .