S 8383

This bill amends New York's executive law to expand emergency preparedness funding requirements to include decommissioned nuclear power plants that still store spent fuel on-site. While currently operating nuclear facilities pay an annual fee of $1 million per reactor to support state and local radiological emergency preparedness, this legislation establishes a new fee structure for inactive, decommissioned nuclear sites of $1,000 annually per spent fuel rod stored at the facility. The bill ensures that counties hosting these non-operational nuclear facilities, which still pose potential radiological risks due to spent fuel storage, receive funding to maintain emergency management services including radiation monitoring equipment, protective materials, and emergency response capabilities. This addresses a gap where decommissioned plants storing nuclear waste currently don't contribute to the emergency preparedness costs borne by local governments.