42 USC § 10263 - Functions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10263"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 10263 - Functions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10263"
section_name: "Functions"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD"
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 V, § 503, 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, § 5051, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–249.)"
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# § 10263. Functions

The Board shall evaluate the technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the Secretary after December 22, 1987, including—

**(1)** site characterization activities; and

**(2)** activities relating to the packaging or transportation of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–425, title V, § 503, 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, § 5051, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–249.)

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