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Tracking Federal Legislation that address next steps needed to remove spent nuclear fuel from onsite dry storage at San Onofre 

 
US Rep. D. Issa introduced H. R. 474, Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2017, on Jan. 12, 2017
A BILL: To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts for the storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and make certain expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund.
 
Sierra Club has not endorsed H.R. 474.  However, the Angeles Chapter San Onofre Task Force has highlighted important language included in H.R. 474 for consideration in any future Federal legislation needed to authorize and fund long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel as follows:
 
"priority for storage given to high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel located on sites without an operating nuclear reactor."
 
The San Onofre plant was shut down in 2013 and is one of several closed commercial nuclear power plants in the US with spent nuclear fuel left in onsite storage.  Removal of such stranded spent nuclear fuel is not currently a priority in federal law.  The Angeles Chapter is pressing for removal of all stranded spent nuclear fuel as a top priority when the Department of Energy is able to accept it for long-term storage.