Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare
42 U.S.C. § 10164: Survey
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enhance the reliability and flexibility of the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste established under this chapter; minimize the impacts of transportation and handling of such fuel and waste; provide for public confidence in the ability of such system to safely dispose of the fuel and waste; impose minimal adverse effects on the local community and the local environment; provide a high probability that the facility will meet applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements in a timely fashion; provide such other benefits to the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste as the Secretary deems appropriate; and unduly burden a State in which significant volumes of high-level radioactive waste resulting from atomic energy defense activities are stored.
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