S 1507

This bill amends Massachusetts General Law to require nuclear facilities that have generated electricity for retail customers in the Commonwealth and currently store spent nuclear fuel in dry casks to continuously monitor and report specific safety metrics to the Department of Public Health's radiation control division. The facilities must provide real-time data on the temperature, helium release rate, and radiation release rate from each dry cask storage container. The bill's primary purpose is to enhance public health and environmental safety oversight of spent nuclear fuel storage by establishing mandatory monitoring requirements, with the Department of Public Health responsible for developing implementing regulations in consultation with the attorney general's office.