SD 356

This bill amends Massachusetts General Law Chapter 111 to establish new monitoring requirements for spent nuclear fuel stored in dry casks at facilities that have generated electricity for retail customers in Massachusetts. The legislation requires facility owners and operators to continuously report real-time data to the Department of Public Health's radiation control division, specifically tracking the temperature, helium release rate, and radiation release rate from each dry storage cask. The Department of Public Health, working with the Attorney General's office, would be responsible for developing regulations to implement this monitoring system, with the stated purpose of preventing and mitigating potential radiation impacts on Massachusetts resources and public health.