SD 1386

This bill establishes new monitoring and financial requirements for spent nuclear fuel storage at nuclear facilities in Massachusetts. The legislation mandates that owners and operators of facilities storing nuclear fuel in dry casks must continuously report real-time data to the Department of Public Health on temperature, helium release rates, and radiation levels from each storage cask. Additionally, the bill requires nuclear plant licensees to fully fund all offsite radiological emergency response expenses incurred by the state or municipalities after plant closure until all spent fuel is moved from cooling pools to dry cask storage, explicitly prohibiting the use of Decommissioning Trust Fund monies for these costs. The purpose is to enhance safety oversight of spent nuclear fuel storage and ensure adequate emergency response funding without depleting decommissioning resources.