The amount of property, decommissioning, and decontamination insurance available for loss at any one site to cover the cost of stabilizing or shutting down a reactor after an accident.

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Number of procedures for determining estimates for the costs of nuclear decommissioning

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The maximum amount of retrospective premiums that could be required for accidental outage insurance.

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The U.S. Congress is required to take action to provide additional funds to cover the additional losses if these layes are exhausted.

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Undiscounted amount of the accrual for environmental loss contingencies.

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