Amendment #1031 to H3800

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

Representatives Hunt of Sandwich, Balser of Newton, Crocker of Barnstable, Howitt of Seekonk, Muratore of Plymouth, Orrall of Lakeville, Peake of Provincetown, Robinson of Framingham, Vieira of Falmouth, Meschino of Hull, Barber of Somerville, Mirra of West Newbury, Gifford of Wareham, Cutler of Duxbury and Ferguson of Holden move to amend the bill in section 2, in line item 8800-0100, by striking the words “nuclear power generating facilities in the commonwealth” and inserting in place thereof the following:-

"active or inactive nuclear power generating facilities that harbor spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or other nuclear material in a spent fuel pool or other storage structure; provided however, that these costs shall not be assessed against inactive facilities that store all spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in dry cask storage systems licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and provided further, that that no monies from any Decommissioning Trust Fund shall be used to satisfy this obligation;"

and moves to further amend the bill by adding the following section:-

"SECTION X. Section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended in subpart (E) after “defray the cost of such activities” by inserting following:-

Such assessments may be made against operating nuclear power plants, or non-operating nuclear power plant sites, except for the Yankee Atomic Electric Company Independent Spent Fuel Storage Instillation site in Rowe Massachusetts, that harbor spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or other nuclear material in a spent fuel pool, in dry cask storage systems or other storage structure until such time as all plant facilities have completed the decommissioning process; provided however that no monies from any Decommissioning Trust Fund shall be used to satisfy assessments under this subpart.

Section XX. Section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended in subpart (E) by striking out the words “Said amount shall not exceed $180,000 per anum, per facility”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1031 to H3800

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant