S.2453: A bill to provide for the disposition of weapons-usable plutonium at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina.

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 107th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about environmental protection
  • Introduced May 2, 2002
  • Latest Major Action May 2, 2002

Bill Summary

Directs the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan for the construction and operation at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, of a mixed-oxide fuel facility for converting weapons-grade plutonium to a mixed-oxide fuel for use in commercial nuclear power reactors. Provides a construction schedule and production deadline dates, with the goal of achieving facility construction by January 1, 2009, and of processing 34 metric tons of...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 2, 2002

Introduced in the Senate by Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.)

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