HR 6836 · 97th Congress · Energy
Nuclear Accident Recovery Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.(1982-07-28)
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Nuclear Accident Recovery Act - Requires the licensee of a commercial nuclear powerplant at which an accident resulting in significant radioactive contamination of the site has occurred to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a cleanup schedule. Requires the NRC to either accept such schedule or order the licensee to comply with a different schedule. Authorizes the NRC to request the Secretary of the Treasury to assess and collect an electricity rate surcharge to cover cleanup costs in excess of the cleanup costs projected on the required schedule submitted by a licensee of a disabled powerplant. Provides for such surcharge to be uniformly applied to all energy generated and sold by such licensee. Requires that the licensee and the regulatory body that regulates its rates be notified upon application and termination of the surcharge. Requires the licensee to identify the purpose and amount of the surcharge on the electric service bills submitted to the licensee's customers and to collect the surcharge and and pay it to the Treasury. Directs the NRC to include in the surcharge an amount calculated to cover any Federal expenditures for research and development that direc…
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