HB 90 Kentucky House · 2017 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to define "plan for storage of high-level nuclear waste," "storage," and "low-level nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate requirement that facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate requirement that facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky. except as provided in KRS 211.852; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC.

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Introduced Dec 8, 2016 Last action Jan 3, 2017
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