On September 24, 2024, Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) introduced the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2024. This bill aims to amend the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act to authorize a collaborative siting process for are pository, allow the Department of Energy to develop consolidated interimstorage (CIS) facilities more quickly, establish a single-purpose organization to manage the spent fuel program, and provide reliable funding for the program.Thank you to Rep. Levin and Rep. Pfluger for authoring and Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) for co-sponsoring this bill.
Our goal is to encourage the federal government to provide off-site storage and permanent disposal solutions for the spent nuclear fuel at nuclear reactor sites in 34 states across the nation, through a collaborative siting process with input from stakeholders and engaged communities.
Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, the federal government was required by law and contractually obligated to begin taking possession of and disposing spent nuclear fuel back in 1998. Today – more than two decades later – it has not yet fulfilled its obligations.
