ACR 65 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Urges President of United States and United States Congress to annually financially compensate every local unit of government in United States where there is located decommissioned nuclear power plant in which spent nuclear fuel is stored.

ACR 65 is a New Jersey Assembly resolution urging Congress to enact legislation that would provide annual payments of $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at decommissioned nuclear power plants. The resolution states that local governments with these sites cannot redevelop properties due to the presence of nuclear waste, causing lost property tax revenue, as a federal repository was never built under the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act. It specifically references 17 decommissioned plants across the US, including New Jersey's Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. This resolution does not create new law but calls on Congress to address the financial burden on municipalities that have become de facto storage sites for nuclear waste.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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