Authority is given to Delaware’s Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commissioners to approve the disbursement of funds from the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Surcharge Escrow Account established by the U.S. Department of Energy. These funds can only be used to:
(1) Establish low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities;
(2) Mitigate the impact of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities on the host state;
(3) Regulate low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities; or
(4) Ensure the decommissioning, closure and care during the period of institutional control of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities as stipulated by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act [42 U.S.C. § 2021b et seq.].
67 Del. Laws, c. 375, § 1.