S 2725

This bill establishes new monitoring and financial requirements for nuclear facilities in Massachusetts that store spent nuclear fuel. The legislation requires owners and operators of facilities that have generated electricity for Massachusetts customers to continuously report real-time data to the Department of Public Health on the temperature and rates of helium and radiation release from each dry cask storing nuclear fuel. Additionally, the bill mandates that nuclear power plant licensees must fully fund all offsite radiological emergency response expenses incurred by the state or municipalities after plant closure until all spent fuel is moved from 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 requirements.