42 USC § 10191 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10191"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 10191 - Purpose"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10191"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION REGARDING DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL"
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 II, § 211, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2245.)"
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# § 10191. Purpose

It is the purpose of this subchapter—

**(1)** to provide direction to the Secretary with respect to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel;

**(2)** to authorize the Secretary, pursuant to this subchapter—

**(A)** to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a deep geologic test and evaluation facility; and

**(B)** to provide for a focused and integrated high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel research and development program, including the development of a test and evaluation facility to carry out research and provide an integrated demonstration of the technology for deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste, and the development of the facilities to demonstrate dry storage of spent nuclear fuel; and

**(3)** to provide for an improved cooperative role between the Federal Government and States, affected Indian tribes, and units of general local government in the siting of a test and evaluation facility.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 211, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2245.)