1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dry Cask Storage Act of 2017 . 2. Emergency planning zones; Dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel (a) In general Title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: I Emergency Planning Zones; Dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel 185. Definitions In this subtitle: (1) Emergency planning zone The term emergency planning zone means the emergency planning zone that is delineated with respect to the plume exposure pathway (as defined in section 350.2 of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)) of a civilian nuclear power reactor. (2) Licensee The term licensee has the meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). (3) Spent nuclear fuel dry cask The term spent nuclear fuel dry cask means a container (including any components and systems associated with the container) in which spent nuclear fuel is stored at an independent spent fuel storage facility— (A) that is— (i) licensed by the Commission; and (ii) located at a civilian nuclear power reactor site; and (B) the design of which— (i) includes a realistic security, seismic, and flooding design basis, as determined by the Commission; and (ii) is approved by the Commission. 186. Plan for dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, each licensee shall submit to the Commission a plan that provides for— (1) by the deadline specified in subsection (b), the transfer to spent nuclear fuel dry casks of any spent nuclear fuel that is— (A) stored by the licensee in spent nuclear fuel pools; and (B) qualified to be placed in spent nuclear fuel dry casks, in accordance with subsection (d)