A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a decommissioning pilot program to decommission and decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor located in northwest Arkansas.
Summary
This bill would direct the Secretary of Energy to create a pilot program to safely dismantle and clean up the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor (SEFOR), a defunct nuclear test site in northwest Arkansas. The program would require the Department of Energy to develop a formal plan to remove hazardous materials and decontaminate the facility based on existing federal cost estimates. For local residents, the bill aims to address long-standing environmental and safety concerns by providing the federal oversight and funding necessary to permanently decommission the inactive experimental reactor.
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