[en] The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to suspend the site characterization process specifically to withhold any funds for sites nominated as repositories. A Federal Nuclear Waste Board will implement the Act. The revised siting guidelines will recognize different geologic media in establishing siting criteria. The Board will also establish a panel to analyze disposal capacity and establish the need for a second repository, determine whether such capacity is technologically feasible, and to rank options