§ 6211. Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site

The Secretary of Energy shall accelerate the schedule for the isolation of high-level nuclear waste in glass canisters at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, if the Secretary determines that the acceleration of such schedule—

• (1) will achieve long-term cost savings to the Federal Government; and
• (2) could accelerate the removal and isolation of high-level nuclear waste from long-term storage tanks at the site.