HB 5202

This Connecticut bill amends state law to exempt existing nuclear power generating facilities—effectively the Millstone Nuclear Power Station—from the state's longstanding moratorium on new nuclear construction, which otherwise bars building additional reactors until the federal government approves a permanent solution for high-level nuclear waste disposal. The main purpose is to allow the state's currently operating nuclear facilities to expand or add new reactors on their existing sites without waiting for a federal waste disposal breakthrough, while still keeping the moratorium in place for any entirely new nuclear sites. Key impacts include opening the door for potential expansion of Connecticut's carbon-free nuclear generation capacity, supporting the state's clean energy and climate goals, and preserving the moratorium's original safety rationale for greenfield nuclear development.