AR HCR1009

Requests Arkansas congressional delegation to introduce federal legislation requiring the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to report on whether budget rules applied to the Nuclear Waste Fund (42 U.S.C. § 10222) comply with statutory requirements

Seeks $10 million appropriation from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the U.S. Department of Energy to contract with an Arkansas higher education institution to conduct an updated fee assessment for spent nuclear fuel disposal

Requires the fee assessment to evaluate costs of three disposal plans: continued on-site storage ("Kicking the Can Down the Road"), refunding the Yucca Mountain Project, and recycling nuclear fuel using fast reactor technology (the "Arkansas Plan")

Notes the U.S. Department of Energy's estimated liability for failing to dispose of nuclear waste ranged between $37.6 billion and $44.5 billion as of November 2024, and that Arkansas Nuclear One has approximately $1 billion in Nuclear Waste Fund credits generating $30 million annually in interest

Constitutes Arkansas's "Expression of Interest" under the U.S. Department of Energy's Consent-Based Siting Program for studying interim storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel, without committing the state to action beyond conducting the fee assessment