Nuclear Waste Management Reorganization Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Nuclear Waste Management Reorganization Act of 1979 - Title I: Declarations of Findings and Purposes; Definitions - Sets forth the purposes of this Act. Title II: Nuclear Waste Management Authority - Creates the Nuclear Waste Management Authority as an independent executive agency. Transfers to such Authority all authority of the Department of Energy with regard to nuclear waste management, storage and disposal. Sets forth the functions of such Authority as: (1) the acquisition of existing nuclear waste facilities not owned by the United States; (2) the establishment of control over existing Federal nuclear waste facilities; (3) the design, construction, and operation of all such facilities in the United States; (4) the establishment of programs for the handling of nuclear wastes and spent nuclear fuel, including related research and development activities; (5) the establishment of and collection and deposit of fees in the Nuclear Waste Management Fund; (6) the establishment of a Nuclear Waste Treatment and Disposal Plan; and (7) the promulgation of necessary rules to implement the authority granted under this Act. Maintains the regulatory authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis…