AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of "storage," "low-level nuclear waste," and "mixed 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 the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a 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; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities.
Bill status
signed
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Introduction
Sep 2016
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Sep 19, 2016
Signed Mar 27, 2017
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Committee
3
Amendments
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Mar 27, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 118)
legislature
Mar 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted in committee
legislature
Mar 3, 2017
Committee
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
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Feb 21, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
legislature
Jan 7, 2017
Committee
To Natural Resources & Energy (S)
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
legislature
Sep 19, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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