REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATION OF N REACTOR

SEC. 3133. REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATION OF N REACTOR (a)Report by National Academy of Sciences.—The Secretary of Energy shall request the National Academy of Sciences to submit by December 1, 1987, a report summarizing its findings, conclusions, and recommendations relating to the safety of operation of the N Reactor at the Hanford Reservation, Washington (hereafter in this section referred to as the “N Reactor”). Such report shall be prepared from the Academy’s current assessment of safety and technical issues at Department of Energy class A reactors being conducted pursuant to section 3136 of the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 (division C of Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 4064). The report may include a review of the reports and recommendations of the so-called Roddis panel and shall be in addition to any other report submitted by the Academy on the N Reactor to the Department of Energy. The report shall be submitted to— (1) the Secretary of Energy; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (b)Restriction on Operation of N Reactor.—The Secretary of Energy— 101 STAT. 1240 (1) may not operate the N Reactor before January 1, 1988; and (2) may not operate the N Reactor until the Secretary submits to the Committees specified in subsection (a) a certification that the Reactor is safe to operate. (c)Effect on Environmental Impact Statement.—No requirement or restriction in this section (including the delay in operation of the N Reactor until at least December 31, 1987) shall affect or be considered in the application or interpretation of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to the N Reactor. (d)Operation Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “operation” with respect to the N Reactor means any activity carried out for the purpose of producing special nuclear materials by achieving a state of criticality.