Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 - Title I: High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel - Subtitle A: Repositories for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel - Requires the Secretary of Energy, within one year after enactment of this Act, to recommend to the President at least three candidate sites, in at least two different geologic media, which are suitable for site characterization for repositories for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Requires the Secretary to recommend at least three additional candidate sites by February 1, 1985. Directs the Secretary to notify the Governor of the State in which a candidate site is located or the Indian tribe on whose reservation a candidate site is located. Requires the President to: (1) review each candidate site recommendation; (2) either approve or disapprove the recommendation within 60 days; and (3) transmit such decision to the Secretary and to the appropriate Governor or Indian tribe. Provides that the President's failure to approve or disapprove a candidate site within the 60-day period or to invoke authority to delay the determination shall be considered a…