ML20070J251
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| Issue date: | 12/31/1982 |
| From: | Kerr G NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Vol. 8 No.11 December,1982 1982 Summary The summary of laws enacted in 1982 marks the last issue of the "Information Report on State Legislation" to be published this year. A number of significant events have occurred since our last issue in September, and some of these are summarized in the following paragraphs.
In this Report, we have listed the categories into which we have divided State legislation, and the definitions we apply to each category for your use with future editions.
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of major categories of nuclear-related State legislation in 1982.
'V Clearly, low-level waste compacts and disposal were the issues preoccupying many legislators during the year.
In the 1982 elections, nuclear-related initiatives were voted upon in the States of Massachusetts, Montana, Idaho and Maine. The approval of the initiative in Massachusetts could impinge upon the State's ability to participate as a negotiating member of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors for an interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
Ori October 19, 1982, DOE submitted " Status Report - Low-Level Radioactive Weste Compacts, as of July 1982" to Senator James McClure, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Res ar;es. The NRC provided its comments on each of the seven compacts for inclusion in the report. Copies are available from DOE.
The final version of 10 CFR Part 61, " Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste," concerning disposal of low-level waste, was formally approved by the Commission on October 28, 1982. The final EIS has been published (47 FR 53477) and its availability noted by EPA.
The actual rule will be published in the Federal Register at the end of the year, barring any delays.
Considerable progress is being achieved in the high-level waste review process. The site characterization report for the proposed Hanford site in Washington, prepared by DOE, was received by NRC in November, and the Division of Waste Management is presently reviewing the 1,500 page document. Meetings with the affected States and Indian Tribes have begun, and will continue throughout the entire SCR and site approval process to provide maximum opportunity for State input.
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The 1982 All Agreement' States Meeting was held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on October 26-28, 1982, and chaired by the Office of State Programs.
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Categories of State Legislation 1.
Emergency Preparedness nuclear accidents, incidents accidental radiation release State radiological emergency preparedness plans response plans for radiological transport accidents potassium iodide evacuation emergency response emergency services 2.
Radiation control ionizing dose rates exposure health effects standards certification of radiation health inspectors training requirements 3.
Nuclear Power Plants general moratorium on construction or operation site, facility, location requirements regulation decontamination 4.
Decommissioning all nuclear f acilities bonding and perpetual care 5.
Insurance radiation and atomic / nuclear energy hazards bonding and perpetual care liability 6.
Power Plant Siting general energy centers steam electric generating zoning zoning codes / regulation need for power 7.
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notification of spent fuel, low-level waste, and all other radioactive materials 8.
Radioactive Waste, Handling, and Financial Management hans and contingent bans on disposal facilities financing waste management temporary storage facilities for both high and low-level radioactive waste biomedical and scintillation waste 9.
Low-Level Waste for Shallow Land Burial Management This subject applies to items specifically related to the management of permanent shallow land burial of radioactive waste.
- 10. Lcw-Level Waste Compacts Activities that relate to interstate low-level radioactive waste compacts.
- 11. Uranium Mining and Milling bans and contingent bans on uranium mining and/or milling activities bonding and perpetual care of these facilities fir.ancial management other items generally related to this subject.
- 12. High-Level Waste Management Items specifically related to the management of deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste.
- 13. Safeguards and Physical Security as they relate to:
nuclear power plants fuel fabrication facilities uranium enrichment facilities uranium mining and milling facilities temporary waste storage facilities test reactor or laboratory facilities reprocessing facilities transportation of radioactive materials security clearances
- 14. Environmental Controls radioactive emissions into air and water radiological environmental monitoring surveillance land use regulation and planning environmental quality environmental impact statements O
... 15. Agreements Cooperation with States, especially under Section 274,
. Atomic Energy Act, as amended.
Interstate and regional energy compacts, such as the Western Interstate Energy Compact and the Southern States Energy Board (does not include low-level radioactive waste interstate compacts; see special category for this item.)
- 16. Legislative and Executive Branch Activities commissions-committees councils task forces studies other activities, as appropriate
- 17. Energy Offices - Activities that relate to:
planning conservation environmental regulation
- 18. Health Department, Authorities and Responsibilities radiological control nuclear safety
- 19. Public Utility Commission (or Public Service Commission) 1 energy economic regulatory matters, such as need for power and ratemaking and related PUC activities.
- 20. General Miscellaneous categories related to nuclear power that are unlisted.
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Kansas, H-2809 Iowa, H-2373 Kansas, H-2810 Kansas, H-3156 Louisiana, H-1112 Kentucky, S-104 Maine, LD-1741*
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South Carolina, H-3590 Vermont, H-708 Tennessee, S-2193 Virginia, S-371 Virginia, H-709 Public Utilities l
Emergency Preparedness Florida, H-765 Kentucky, S-171 Arizona, H-2357 Maine, LD-2119 California, S-1473 Maryland, S-329 Illinois, H-2496 Ohio, S-378 Virginia, A-18 Decommissioning Radiation Maine, LD-2124 California, SJR-50 California, A-2292 Maryland, H-432 High-Level Waste Rhode Island, H-7596 South Carolina, H-3908 California, AJR-113 Tennessee, S-1609 Louisiana, H-1330 Mississippi, S-2751 Power Plant Siting Environmental Controls California, A-2948 Hawaii, HR-247 Louisiana, H-982 i
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ENACTED LEGISLATION ALABAMA Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-300.
Enacts the Compact into law and enters the State into it as a party to provide for regional management of low-level waste disposal facilities.
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ARIZONA Emergency Management H-2357. Makes appropriations to the Nuclear Emergency Management Fund, and makes a nuclear emergency management assessment ($547,000) against consortia of public service and municipal corporations eng ged in constructing the Palo Verde nuclear power plant.
(Enacted 4/13/82 CALIFORNIA Emergency Plans S-1473. Repeals provisions of previous legislation which required State or local plans dealing with nuclear power plant accidents to be submitted to the Legislature for its approval.
Provides instead that the plans must be approved by the Office of Emergency Services or a designated federal agency. Provides for an initial assessment of
$25,000 upon each operator of four nuclear power plants in the State.
(Enacted 9/9/82)
Low-Level Waste Disposal A-1513. Requires the Department of Health Services to develop a plan for the management, treatment and disposal' of low-level radioactive waste. Permits the Department to establish and operate or contract for operation of facilities for interim storage of the waste.
(Enacted 3/2/82)
Radiation Control A-1514. Makes violators of the Radiation Control Law liable for civil penalties of up to $5,000 a day.
(Enacted 3/2/82)
Picowave Processing A-2292. Makes various findings with regard to picowave processing)(a form of food irradiation which increases shelf life and sterilizes and requires the Department of Agriculture to engage in various studies on picowave processing in conjunction with the University of California.
(Enacted 9/16/82)
Power Plant Construction A-2948.
Establishes certain time constraints for the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to issue a written decision on an application for a nuclear power plant site.
(Enacted 9/17/82)
COLORADO Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-1246. Enacts the Compact into law and enters the State as a party to provide for the regional management and disposal of low-level waste.
(Note: Colorado is the only State with enacteu legislation in this Compact group.
New Mexico has introduced legislation entering itself into the Compact).
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FLORIDA Public Utilities'H-765. Allows the sale of bonds for the purpose of financing costs of electric power projects. Details rights of legal entities governing such sales, and provisions of certain restrictions.
(Enacted 3/25/82)
Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-1066.
Enacts the Compact into law and enters the State as a party. The Compact would provide for the regional management of low-level waste disposal.
Eligible States to the compact are: AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, IN, and VA.
(Enacted 4/21/82)
GEORGIA Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-1391.
Similar to Florida, H-1066.
(Enacted 4/22/82)
HAWAII Northwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-2165.
Enacts and enters the State into the Compact for the purpose of providing a cooperative effort among States for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
(Enacted 6/14/82)
O ILLIN0IS Radioactive Waste Compact S-1259. No compact dealing with the transportation, processing, storage or disposal of nuclear waste or spent fuel entered into by the State will be valid unless:
- a copy of the Compact has been sent to the Secretary of State and retained for 30 days as a public record, and
- the compact is approved by the General Assembly (Enacted 8/20/82)
Appropriations S-1419. Makes appropriations for the expenses of the Department of Nuclear Safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1,1982.
(Enacted 7/22/82)
Emergency Preparedness H-2496. Requires nuclear power plant operators and spent fuel storage operators to pay fees covering the cost of establishing plans and programs to deal with nuclear accidents.
Assesses a fee of $1,000 per cask for truck shipments and $2,000 per cask for rail shipments of spent nuclear fuel received at away-from-reactor spent fuel storage facilities.
(Enacted 7/1/82)
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Low-Level Nuclear Waste Commission H-1152. Creates the Low-Level Nuclear Waste Management Study Commission with the following duties:
(1) Examining the technological and policy issues of low-level waste; (2) Examining the impact of the Federal low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 on the State,
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Details membership requirements, appropriations, and reporting procedures.
(Enacted 2/8/82)
IOWA Energy Policy Council H-2373. Relates to the continuation of the activities of the Energy Policy Council. Changes the requirement for a report identifying trends of energy supply, demand and conservation from a quarcerly to an annual basis.
Eliminates the requirement of public recognition for various categories of innovathe energy conservation.
The appropriation for the Energy Policy Council for FY'83 is $413,425.
(Enacted 4/19/82)
KANSAS Central Interstate Low-Level Waste Compact H-2809.
Enacts the compact into law and enters the State as a party. Provides for the regional management of low-level radioactive waste. Eligible States to the compact are: AR, IA, KS, LA, MN, M0, NB, ND, and OK.
(Enacted 4/7/82)
Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Comission H-2810.
Establishes the Advisory Board on Low-level Radioactive Waste. The Board will consult with and advise the State's representative to the Compact Commission concerning technical and policy matters. Designates the Secretary of the Department of Health and Environment to be the member of the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission representing the State.
Prohibits approval 'of any application for a radioactive waste disposal facility license unless the State has entered into an interstate compact which regulates management of low-level waste.
(Enacted 4/7/82)
Energy Advisory Council H-3156. Establishes the Energy Advisory Council within the Kanses energy office empowered to approve any amendments to the State Energy Conservation Plan which are required by DOE or other federal agencies for participation in the State Energy Conservation Program. Details membership requirements and administrative procedures.
(Enacted 5/7/82)
KENTUCKY Energy Compact S-104. Changes the name of the Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact and Board to the Southern States Energy Compact and Board. Enacts the Southern States Energy Compact into law and enters the State as a party. The Board's power will include:
Analyzing the position of the South on energy and I
environmental concerns; Encouraging energy conservation; Conducting training programs and disseminating information relating to civilian uses of energy and energy-rela nd materials.
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Eligible States to the Compact are:
AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, Puerto Rico and'the Virgin Islands. (Enacted 3/9/82)
Public Utilities S-171 Combines the energy and utility regulatory commissions into a sin le commission and re-establishes the "Public Service Commission."
Enacted 3/10/81)
Department of Energy Reorganization S-174.
Establishes three bureaus within the Department of Energy: The Bureau of Energy Research and Development, the Bureau of Energy Production and Utilization, and the Bureau of Energy Conservation and Distribution. Their duties, respectively, are:
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Conducting and coordinating energy research and development activities concerning coal, fossil fuels, organic fuels, and other renewable energy resources; 2)
Insuring the increased production of fossil fuels and expanded use of domestic energy sources; 3)
Conducting research on the impact of current and future energy supply and demand, performing research on transportation and other areas of fossil fuel production, conducting energy x
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conservation plans.
(Enacted 4/1/82) v Disposal Siting Protection S-279. Creates the Kentucky Regional Integrated Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility Siting Board whose members will be appointed by the Governor.
The Board's powers will include processing applications, adopting regulations, and issuing certificates of environmental safety for the siting of a hazardous waste facility in the State. While issuing the certificates, the Board will take into consideration social and economic impact, location, and the relationship of the proposed facility to any State-owned commercial low-level nuclear waste disposal site.
(Enacted 4/2/82)
LOUISIANA Environmental Protection H-982. Allows the Office of Environmental Affairs to conduct inspections and investigations of facilities which use or control radioactive waste.
Inspections will be made at least once per year. Describes enforcement procedures and penalties for violations.
(Enacted 7/22/82)
Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-1112.
Enters the State as a party into the Compact and enacts it into law.
Provides for a regional solution to the problem of disposing of low-level radioactive waste.
(Enacted 8/4/82)
Salt Dome Disposal H-1330. Prohibits tests to determine the suitability of geologic structures for disposal of radioactive waste without written approval of the legislature. This excludes tests made by DOE pursuant to the February 27, 1978 agreement with the State.
The agreement allows testing in the Vacherie and Rayburn salt domes, provided that no repository will be constructed if the State objects.
(Enacted 8/4/82)
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i MAINE Low-Level Waste Siting Fund LD-1741. Allocates $10,000 for 1981-82 and 56,500 for 1982-83 from the Low-Level Waste Siting Fund for the purpose of assisting the Governor in regional efforts to manage low-level waste.
(Enacted 3/15/82)
Public Utilities Commission LD-2119. Requires Public Utilities Commission approval for the purchase of portions of electrical generating facilities by electric companies or fuel conversion in electrical generating facilities.
(Enacted 4/13/82)
Decommissioning LD-2124. Ensures funding for the eventual decommissioning of any nuclear power plant. Requires licensees operating plants to place these monies in a separate trust fund to be invested by a trustee until they are ready to be used. 4/15/82)
MARYLAND Low-level Waste Disposal S-31.
Changes the offense for the illegal disposal of hazardous substances or low-level nuclear waste from a misdemeanor to a felony. Raises the fine upon conviction from $25,000 to $100,000 and changes the imprisonment term from three years to five years.
(Enacted 6/1/82)
Surcharges S-329. Alters the maximum surcharge that may be imposed per kilowatt hour of energy generated in the State. The full amount of the surcharge may be added to customers' bills. Revenues will be placed in the Environmental Trust Fund.
(Enacted 5/20/82; effective July 1,1982)
Radiation Title Violations H-432. Alters criminal penalties and civil penalties for violations of the radiation title, and for rules promulgated under the title. Civil penalties will not exceed $5,000, and criminal penalties (misdemeanors) are punishable by a fine of
$10,000 or imprisonment for one year.
(Enacted 6/1/82)
MASSACHUSETTS Personal Injury H-5858. Requests that the judicial council investigate the subject matter of three house documents, relative to the time within which tort actions for personal injuries arising out of exposure to radioactive wastes may be commenced.
(Enacted 4/2/82)
MINNES0TA Waste Prohibition S-1965. Prohibits the Waste Management Board from certifying the use of facilities for disposal of radioactive waste.
(Enacted 3/22/82)
MISSISSIPPI Southeast Interstate low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-1281.
Similar to Florida, H-1066.
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Transportation of Waste S-2707. Establishes a permit and fee system for regulation of the transportation of radioactive waste to be administered by the Emergency Mana'Jement Agency. Specifies permit requirements and penalties.
(Enacted 4/2/82)
High-Level Waste Disposal S-2751. Creates-a huclear Waste Policy Advisory Council and a Nuclear Waste Technical Review Committee within the Energy and Transportation Board. The Board will be the agency responsible for any matter related to the long-term or temporary storage of high-level radioactive transuranic waste.
Establishes permit procedures and reviews for State approval of siting or storage of high-level waste.
(Enacted 4/21/82)
NEW HAMPSHIRE Task Force on Waste Management H-26.
Establishes a new task force on radioactive waste management. The task force is designated as the permanent point of contact in the State for all matters relating to radioactive waste management. The task force will study different methods for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within the State. Befcre December 1, 1982, the task force will submit a State plan and a report as to how the State should manage its low-level radioactive waste, including a proposed siting process for low-level waste facilities.
(Enacted 4/30/82)
NEW JERSEY Sabotage S-537. States that any person who knowingly tampers with or damages any equipment at a nuclear power plant which results in the death of another due to radiation exposure commits a first degree crime, punishable by an extended term of imprisonment.
Injuries to another individual caused by tampering are a second degree crime and unauthorized releases of radiation are a third degree crime.
(Enacted 9/23/82)
NEW MEXICO Taxation S-75, H-135. Changes the method of valuation of uranium mineral property for property taxation purposes. The provisions of this act apply to 1982 and subsequent tax years (Enacted 3/3/82)
NEW YORK Liability Insurance S-10119. Omits the clause on the insurance laws, under " personal injury liability insurance," that says all policies except those covering certain nuclear facilities and those purchased to fulfill financial requirements expressly exclude liability aritIng out of contamination caused by discharge of pollutants and irritants unless the discharge is sudden and accidental.
(Enacted 7/27/82)
O OHIO Public Utilities Commission S-378. Prohibits a former commissioner of the Public Utilities C'ommission from representing a public utility before any State agency for 24 months after the conclusion of his service.
Requires utility owners to submit a long-term forecast report of energy demands, peak load, reserves and information on projected or terminated facilities. Describes public hearing requirements.
(Enacted 6/1/82)
RH0DE ISLAND Radiation Control Agency H-7596. Directs the radiation control agency to disseminate, on a quarterly basis, the schedule for cleaning up radioactive materials at the United Nuclear plant and the sites of other radioactive accidents and spillagw.
(Enacted 5/14/82)
Southeast Interstate low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-3590. This version of the Compact differs from the other States' versions in that, among other things, more emphasis is placed on disposal rather than management of the site, and powers of the Compact Commission are more limited.
(Enacted 6/9/82)
Users of Radioactive Material H-3908. Permits the Department of Health and Environmental Control to establish regulations for the collection of fees for licensing and registering users of ionizing) radiation.
Provides penalties for violations.
(Enacted 6/9/82 SOUTH DAK0TA Uranium Exploration H-1003. Requires persons conducting uranium exploration to file an application with the Board of Minerals and Environment and to obtain a permit. Details application contents, reclamation plan procedures, costs and violations.
(Enacted 3/4/82)
TENNESSEE Radiation Law S-1609. Amends various provisions relating to the enforcement of, and penalties for violating, Tennessee's safety law on radiation.
(Enacted 4/8/82)
Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact S-2193.
Similar to Alabama, H-300.
(Enacted 4/23/82)
VERMONT Energy Conservation H-220. Authorizes the Public Service Department to propose to designate energy conservation programs and measures. After notices and hearings, these programs may be approved and ordered into effect if it is determined they are beneficial to the ratepayers of the companies.
(Enacted 5/4/82)
.....- Transportation H-374. Allows the Secretary of the transportation agency to designate any highway as part of a preferred route for the transportation of fissile radioactive materials and large quantity packages of radioactive materials in order to cause the least risk to persons and property. The Secretary will confer with municipalities to give their opinion due consideration. Describes penalties for violations.
(Enacted 2/2/82)
, Commission on Energy Planning H-708. Establishes the State Commission on EnGrgy Planning which is charged with overseeing and directing the State's ongoing energy study, which may provide the framework for energy-related decisions made throughout the State (Enacted 5/14/82)
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Emergency Preparedness Fees A-18.
Owners of nuclear power plants must pay the State Office of Emergency Service an annual fee of $85,000 to support activities related to the development and establishment of emergency plans to deal with nuclear accidents.
(Enacted 4/4/82)
Uranium Mining S-179.
Encourages and promotes the safe and efficient exploration for uranium resources and assures that uranium mining and milling will be subject to regulations which protect public health and safety. Details permit fees, application requirements, plugging procedures and penalties.
(Enacted 4/8/82)
Mid-Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact S-371.
Enacts the Compact into law and enters the State as a party, for the purposes of handling the disposal of radioactive waste on a regional basis.
(Enacted 4/11/82)
Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact H-709. Similar to Florida, H-1066. Adds Virginia as an eligible State.
(Enacted 4/11/82)
WASHINGTON Uranium Milling S-3425. Defines " milling" as " grinding, cutting, working or concentrating ore which has been extracted from the earth by mechanical (conventional) or chemical (in situ) processes.
(Enacted 3/30/82)
Taxation S-5014. Removes the generation of electrical energy to resale or consumption outside the State from the business and occupation tax on
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(Enacted 7/16/82)
Low-level Waste Disposal S-5030. Special session; Imposes a 30% tax on the gioss income of low-level radioactive waste disposal companies.
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ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS CALIFORNIA Radiation Exposure to Veterans SJR-50. Requests that the President and the Congress investigate the health and genetic complaints of veterans exposed to atomic radiation and the apparent loss of records pertaining to these veterans. Requires the Veterans Administration to revise current regulations regarding health care provisions of veterans who have been exposed to radiation.
(Adopted 8/16/82)
TMI Cleanup AJR-100. Requests that Congress and the President oppose legislation, 5-1606 and HR-5963, which would require all licensed nuclear electric utility systems in the country to share in the cleanup costs of the accident which occurred at Three Mile Island on March 28, 1979.
(Adopted 4/29/82)
High-level Waste AJR-113. Requests the President and Congress to implement a plan which would develop and demonstiate technology or means for high-level waste disposal, including in situ and site-specific testing. The plan should be offered to the States and other interested s
parties for full review.
(Adopted 8/27/82)
HAWAII Environmental Control HR-247. Requests the Department of H?alth to continue its efforts in the monitoring of radiological pollutants in the environment. The monitoring should be conducted no less than semiannually.
(Adopted 4/23/82)
IDAHO Standardizing Nuclear Reactors HJM-19. Urges DOE and NRC to initiate a program at the Idaho Engineering Laboratory to cut costs and standardize designs, and to design and standardize a low-cost nuclear reactor plant in the 500 MW range.
(Adopted 3/24/82)
KENTUCKY Moratorium HR-85. Declares the State's intention to prohibit the construction of nuclear power plants.
(Adopted 3/26/82)
MICHIGAN Fuel Import Limitation SR-509, HR-619. Supports the adoption of the U.S. Senate proposed fuel imrurt limitation provision for tFe NRC authorization bill (H.R. 2330). The fuel import provision would encourage sufficient domestic mining and milling capacity as a long-term supply source for domestic utilities. Proponents claim this will insure the viability of the troubled mining and milling industries and put thousands of laid-off miners back to work.
(Adopted 6/10/82)
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TENNESSEE Clinch River Breeder Reactor SJR-205. Adopts as the official State policy, the position that the CRBR project should be completed as quickly as possible, and that site preparation should commence without further delay.
(Adopted 4/22/82)
UTAH Nuclear Fallout Resolution HCR-3. Requests that Congress, DOE, NRC and other federal agencies deal with the destructive consequence of nuclear fallout in Utah from atomic testing in Nevada. The resolution calls for the assumption of their responsibilities for injuries sustained by downwind residents in Utah as a result of the nuclear testing program.
(Adopted 1/29/82)
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IDAHO Provides that no law be enacted by the legislature that would prohibit the use of nuclear energy unless the proposed measure is first submitted to the electorate at the next general election. The results of the submittal will be advisory, and will not prevent the legislature from acting in any manner.
(Approved by voters 11/2/82)
MAINE Proposes a phase-out of nuclear power generation in the State over a five-year period (but not later than November 2,1987) to provide a
" reasonable time for a smooth transition from reliance on nuclear power to other methods of electrical generation and more efficient use of energy and for possible. court challenges to the implementation of this Act."
(Defeated by voters 11/2/82) f MASSACHUSETTS Prohibits the construction or operation of new nuclear power plants or the entrance of the State into a low-level radioactive waste compact unless a majority of voters have approved it, and certain emergency preparedness, waste disposal, decommissioning, and emission standards I
nave been approved and developed.
(Approved by voters 11/2/82)
MONTANA Uranium Mill Tailings H-652. Allows the disposal of uranium mill tailings in the State, thereby partially repealing " Initiative 84" which was passed in November,1980.
(Defeated by voters 11/2/82)
Radioactive Waste Prohibition -383.
Prohibits transportation of non-medical radioactive waste into the State after July 1,1981 for the
. purpose of temporary, interim, or permanent storage. Allows for the rejional storage of radioactive waste through an interstate compact.
Provides penalties.
(Approved by voters 11/4/80; Federal injunction halted implementation of ban - State appealed 7/1/81; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned ban, ruling that it violated the supremacy and commerce clauses of the U.S. Corttitution 8/17/82.)
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