42 USC § 10246 - Monitored retrievable storage

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10246"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 10246 - Monitored retrievable storage"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10246"
section_name: "Monitored retrievable storage"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE NEGOTIATOR"
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 IV, § 406, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5041, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–246.)"
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# § 10246. Monitored retrievable storage

**(a)** **Construction and operation** section 10243(a) of this title

Upon enactment of legislation to implement an agreement negotiated under  to site a monitored retrievable storage facility, the Secretary shall construct and operate such facility as part of an integrated nuclear waste management system in accordance with the terms and conditions of such agreement.

**(b)** **Financial assistance** The Secretary may make grants to any State, Indian tribe, or affected unit of local government to assess the feasibility of siting a monitored retrievable storage facility under this section at a site under the jurisdiction of such State, tribe, or affected unit of local government.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–425, title IV, § 406, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5041, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–246.)

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