Section 10262 - Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board(a) EstablishmentThere is established a Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board that shall be an independent establishment within the executive branch.
(b) Members(1) The Board shall consist of 11 members who shall be appointed by the President not later than 90 days after December 22, 1987, from among persons nominated by the National Academy of Sciences in accordance with paragraph (3).(2) The President shall designate a member of the Board to serve as chairman.(3)(A) The National Academy of Sciences shall, not later than 90 days after December 22, 1987, nominate not less than 22 persons for appointment to the Board from among persons who meet the qualifications described in subparagraph (C).(B) The National Academy of Sciences shall nominate not less than 2 persons to fill any vacancy on the Board from among persons who meet the qualifications described in subparagraph (C).(C)(i) Each person nominated for appointment to the Board shall be-(I) eminent in a field of science or engineering, including environmental sciences; and(II) selected solely on the basis of established records of distinguished service.(ii) The membership of the Board shall be representative of the broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines related to activities under this subchapter.(iii) No person shall be nominated for appointment to the Board who is an employee of-(II) a national laboratory under contract with the Department of Energy; or(4) Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled by the nomination and appointment process described in paragraphs (1) and (3).(5) Members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of 4 years, each such term to commence 120 days after December 22, 1987, except that of the 11 members first appointed to the Board, 5 shall serve for 2 years and 6 shall serve for 4 years, to be designated by the President at the time of appointment. Pub. L. 97-425, title V, §502, as added Pub. L. 100-202, §101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-104, 1329-121; Pub. L. 100-203, title V, §5051, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-248.EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION Pub. L. 100-202 and Pub. L. 100-203 added identical sections.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
CONTINUED BOARD SERVICE AFTER EXPIRATION OF TERM Pub. L. 104-46, title V, §503, Nov. 13, 1995, 109 Stat. 419, provided that: "Without fiscal year limitation and notwithstanding section 502(b)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended [ 42 U.S.C. 10262(b)(5) ], or any other provision of law, a member of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board whose term has expired may continue to serve as a member of the Board until such member's successor has taken office."
- Department
- The term "Department" means the Department of Energy.
- Office
- The term "Office" means the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management established in section 10224 2 of this title.
- high-level radioactive waste
- The term "high-level radioactive waste" means-(A) the highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that contains fission products in sufficient concentrations; and(B) other highly radioactive material that the Commission, consistent with existing law, determines by rule requires permanent isolation.
- spent nuclear fuel
- The term "spent nuclear fuel" means fuel that has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor following irradiation, the constituent elements of which have not been separated by reprocessing.