42 USC § 10153 - Interim at-reactor storage

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10153"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 10153 - Interim at-reactor storage"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10153"
section_name: "Interim at-reactor storage"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DISPOSAL AND STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, AND LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Interim Storage Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 133, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2230.)"
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# 1 Interim at-reactor storage

See References in Text note below.

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The Commission shall, by rule, establish procedures for the licensing of any technology approved by the Commission under section 10198(a)  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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 133, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2230.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to , which is classified to , and has been translated as  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.