42 U.S.C. § 10164 — Survey

After the MRS Commission^* submits its report to the Congress under section 10163 of this title, the Secretary^* may conduct a survey and evaluation of potentially suitable sites for a monitored retrievable storage facility^*. In conducting that survey and evaluation, the Secretary must consider the extent to which siting a monitored retrievable storage^* facility at each site surveyed would— (1) enhance the reliability and flexibility of the system for the disposal^* of spent nuclear fuel^* and high-level radioactive waste^* established under this chapter; (2) minimize the impacts of transportation and handling of that fuel and waste; (3) provide for public confidence in the ability of that system to safely dispose of the fuel and waste; (4) impose minimal adverse effects on the local community and the local environment; (5) provide a high probability that the facility will meet applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements in a timely fashion; (6) provide that other benefits to the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste as the Secretary deems appropriate; and (7) unduly burden a State^* in which significant volumes of high-level radioactive waste resulting from atomic energy defense activities are stored.