S 2685

This bill establishes new monitoring and financial requirements for nuclear facilities in Massachusetts that store spent nuclear fuel in dry casks. The legislation requires facility owners and operators to continuously report real-time data to the Department of Public Health on the temperature, helium release, and radiation levels from each dry storage cask containing spent nuclear fuel. Additionally, the bill mandates that nuclear power plant licensees must fully fund all offsite radiological emergency response expenses incurred by the Commonwealth or municipalities after plant closure until all spent fuel is moved from cooling pools to dry casks, explicitly prohibiting the use of Decommissioning Trust Fund money for these costs. The Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Attorney General's office, would be responsible for developing regulations to implement these monitoring and reporting requirements.