HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1704 FILED ON: 2/10/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2254
|
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_________________
PRESENTED BY:
Josh S. Cutler and Kathleen R. LaNatra
_________________
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to add Section 5K(I) to Section 5K of Chapter 111.
_______________
PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth | 2/5/2021 |
Kathleen R. LaNatra | 12th Plymouth | 2/16/2021 |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | 2/19/2021 |
Joan Meschino | 3rd Plymouth | 2/25/2021 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 3/19/2021 |
Susan L. Moran | Plymouth and Barnstable | 6/21/2021 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 6/21/2021 |
Dylan A. Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 6/30/2021 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 8/2/2021 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 9/7/2021 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 11/9/2021 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1704 FILED ON: 2/10/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2254
By Representatives Cutler of Pembroke and LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2254) of Josh S. Cutler, Kathleen R. LaNatra and others relative to the reporting of spent nuclear fuel at certain electricity generating facilities. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
_______________
An Act to add Section 5K(I) to Section 5K of Chapter 111.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by:
(a) Amending the title of Section 5K by adding “STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL:" after “NUCLEAR REACTORS;".
(b) Adding the following to Section 5K:
(I) For the purpose of preventing, mitigating, or alleviating impacts on the resources of the commonwealth and to the health of its citizens from radiation emitted by spent nuclear fuel at facilities that at any time generated electricity for retail customers in the commonwealth, (i) the owner and operator of each such facility in the commonwealth that stores nuclear fuel in dry casks shall report to the department of public health radiation control division, on a continuous real-time basis, the temperature of and the rate of helium and radiation release from each such dry cask. and (ii) the department of public health shall, in consultation with the office of the attorney general, promulgate rules and regulations to adopt and implement such reporting.