1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017 . 2. Program for payments to communities that are impacted by interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (a) Program The Secretary of Energy shall establish and carry out a program to make payments to units of general local government within the jurisdictional boundaries of which an eligible civilian nuclear power plant is located. (b) Payments (1) Amount Except as provided in paragraph (3), a payment made to a unit of general local government under the program established under subsection (a) shall be equal to $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at the eligible civilian nuclear power plant that is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of such unit of general local government. (2) Number and frequency For each eligible civilian nuclear power plant, the Secretary may only make one payment to one unit of general local government per fiscal year under the program established under subsection (a). (3) Pro rata reduction For any fiscal year, the Secretary shall, on a pro rata basis, reduce the amount paid to a unit of general local government under the program established under subsection (a) as necessary to ensure, to the extent possible, that a payment is made to a unit of general local government with respect to each eligible civilian nuclear power plant for that fiscal year. (4) Annual application In order to be eligible to receive a payment under the program established under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, a unit of general local government shall submit an application to the Secretary. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Civilian nuclear power reactor The term civilian nuclear power reactor has the meaning given such term in section 2(6) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10101(6) ). (2) Eligible civilian nuclear power plant The term eligible civilian nuclear power plant means a site at which— (A) each civilian nuclear power reactor located at such site has ceased generating electricity