A 8038

This bill amends New York's executive law to establish funding mechanisms for emergency management services in counties with non-operational nuclear power plants. It expands the state's radiological preparedness authority to monitor and obtain data from decommissioned nuclear facilities and those used for spent fuel storage, not just active plants. Most significantly, the bill creates a tiered fee structure for inactive nuclear reactor sites, starting at $1 million in the first year of deactivation and gradually decreasing to $150,000 by years eight through ten, while maintaining the existing $1 million annual fee for active reactors. These fees, payable to the state's disaster preparedness commission, will support state and local emergency preparedness responsibilities related to radiological risks from both operational and non-operational nuclear facilities.