42 U.S.C. § 10143 : The Public Health And Welfare — Nuclear Waste Policy — Disposal And Storage Of High-Level Radioactive Waste, Spent Nuclear Fuel, And Low-Level Radioactive Waste — Repositories For Disposal Of High-Level Radioactive Waste And Spent NuClear Fuel — Title To Material Date: 10 Mar 2017 TEXT PDF Delivery, and acceptance by the Secretary, of any high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel for a repository constructed under this part shall constitute a transfer to the Secretary of title to such waste or spent fuel. (Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 123, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2229.)