Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers Act or the INSPECT Act
This bill requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assign a resident inspector to each commercial nuclear power plant that has permanently ceased operation. The inspector must (1) conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities, and (2) remain at the plant until all fuel is transferred from its spent fuel pools.
To assign a resident inspector to certain commercial nuclear power 
 plants to conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent 
                   nuclear fuel transfer activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols 
for Extended Canister Transfers Act'' or the ``INSPECT Act''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTION OF DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITY AND SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL 
              TRANSFER ACTIVITY.

    (a) In General.--The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
shall assign, for the duration described in subsection (b), a resident 
inspector to each commercial nuclear power plant that has permanently 
ceased operation to conduct inspections of decommissioning activities 
and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities of the commercial nuclear 
power plant.
    (b) Duration Described.--The duration described in this subsection 
is the period of time it takes to transfer all spent nuclear fuel from 
the spent fuel pools of the commercial nuclear power plant.
    (c) Reassignment.--If there are no decommissioning activities or 
spent nuclear fuel transfer activities at the commercial nuclear power 
plant to which a resident inspector is assigned under subsection (a), 
the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may assign such 
resident inspector to a different commercial nuclear power plant.
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INSPECT Act
To assign a resident inspector to certain commercial nuclear power plants to conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities.
INSPECT Act
Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers Act
Rep. Levin, Mike