Current as of: January 2009 (a) Definitions. - In this section, "high-level radioactive
waste" and "spent nuclear fuel" have the same meanings given those
terms in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42
U.S.C. 10101).
(b) Transportation Safety Study. - In consultation with the
Secretary of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, potentially
affected States and Indian tribes, representatives of the rail
transportation industry, and shippers of high-level radioactive
waste and spent nuclear fuel, the Secretary shall conduct a study
comparing the safety of using trains operated only to transport
high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel with the safety
of using other methods of rail transportation for transporting that
waste and fuel. The Secretary shall submit to Congress not later
than November 16, 1991, a report on the results of the study.
(c) Safe Rail Transportation Regulations. - Not later than
November 16, 1992, after considering the results of the study
conducted under subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall
prescribe amendments to existing regulations that the Secretary
considers appropriate to provide for the safe rail transportation
of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, including
trains operated only for transporting high-level radioactive waste
and spent nuclear fuel.
(d) Inspections of Motor Vehicles Transporting Certain Material. -
(1) Not later than November 16, 1991, the Secretary shall require
by regulation that before each use of a motor vehicle to transport
a highway-route-controlled quantity of radioactive material in
commerce, the vehicle shall be inspected and certified as complying
with this chapter and applicable United States motor carrier safety
laws and regulations. The Secretary may require that the inspection
be carried out by an authorized United States Government inspector
or according to appropriate State procedures.
(2) The Secretary may allow a person, transporting or causing to
be transported a highway-route-controlled quantity of radioactive
material, to inspect the motor vehicle used to transport the
material and to certify that the vehicle complies with this
chapter. The inspector qualification requirements the Secretary
prescribes for an individual inspecting a motor vehicle apply to an
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