HD 2490

This bill requires nuclear facilities in Massachusetts that store spent nuclear fuel in dry casks and previously generated electricity for retail customers to continuously monitor and report safety data to the Department of Public Health. Specifically, facility owners and operators must provide real-time reporting of the temperature, helium release rate, and radiation release rate from each dry cask storage container. The Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Attorney General's office, would develop regulations to implement this monitoring system, which aims to prevent and mitigate potential radiation impacts on Massachusetts residents and resources from stored nuclear waste.