SCR 77

This concurrent resolution urges the President and Congress to enact legislation that would provide annual financial compensation to local governments hosting decommissioned nuclear power plants where spent nuclear fuel remains stored on-site. The resolution calls for payments of $15 per kilogram of stored spent fuel to compensate municipalities for lost property tax revenue, as these shuttered facilities cannot be redeveloped while radioactive waste remains present. This measure would serve as an interim solution to address the financial burden on communities like Lacey Township, New Jersey (home to the decommissioned Oyster Creek plant) and other affected localities nationwide, until the federal government establishes a permanent national repository for nuclear waste as originally promised in 1982.