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title: "42 U.S.C. § 10263"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 10263 - Functions

## Text

The Board shall evaluate the technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the Secretary after December 22, 1987, including—

(1) site characterization activities; and

(2) activities relating to the packaging or transportation of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel.

(Pub. L. 97–425, title V, § 503, 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. 1330–249.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.