S 1596

This bill amends Massachusetts General Law Chapter 111 to establish continuous monitoring requirements for dry casks storing spent nuclear fuel at certain facilities in the Commonwealth. Specifically, it requires owners and operators of facilities that have generated electricity for retail customers in Massachusetts and store nuclear fuel in dry casks to report real-time data to the Department of Public Health on the temperature, helium release rate, and radiation release rate from each dry cask. The Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Attorney General's office, would be responsible for creating regulations to implement this monitoring system. The bill's purpose is to prevent, mitigate, or alleviate potential impacts on Massachusetts resources and public health from radiation emissions from stored spent nuclear fuel.