SB2424 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2424

Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

420 ILCS 40/34	from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-34
420 ILCS 40/50 new

Amends the Radiation Protection Act of 1990. Provides that all intrastate and interstate shippers or carriers (rather than intrastate and interstate carriers) of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel are required to notify the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security no less than 7 days (rather than 24 hours) prior to any transportation of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel. Changes the definition of "carrier" and "irradiated reactor fuel". Adds a definition of "shipper". Provides that the Agency may collect, store, and dispose of uncontrolled sources of radiation that have entered the public domain and that the Agency considers to be a threat to public health and safety or the environment. Authorizes the Agency to assess actual costs, as appropriate, for the collection, storage, and disposal of uncontrolled sources of radiation that have entered the public domain and that the Agency considers to be a threat to public health and safety or the environment against any person that owns, owned, possesses, or is responsible for the radioactive material entering the public domain.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Radiation Protection Act of 1990 is amended by changing Section 34 and by adding Section 50 as follows:

(420 ILCS 40/34) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-34)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Sec. 34. Intrastate and interstate shippers and carriers of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel.

(a) All intrastate and interstate shippers or carriers of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel in the State of Illinois are hereby required to notify the Agency no less than 7 days 24 hours prior to any transportation of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel within this State of the proposed route, the place and time of entry into the State, and the amount and the source of the fuel. The Agency shall immediately notify the Illinois State Police, which shall notify the sheriff of those counties along the route of such shipment.

(b) As used in this Section: For the purpose of this subsection,

"Carrier" means a "carrier" is any entity charged with transportation of such irradiated reactor fuel from the nuclear steam-generating facility to a storage facility.

"Irradiated For the purpose of this subsection, "irradiated reactor fuel" means fuel that has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor following irradiation, the constituent elements of which have not been separated by reprocessing is any nuclear fuel assembly containing fissile-bearing material that has been irradiated in and removed from a nuclear reactor facility.

"Shipper" means the entity who offers the irradiated reactor fuel for transportation into commerce or the agent of an entity who offers the irradiated reactor fuel for transportation into commerce.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

(420 ILCS 40/50 new)

Sec. 50. Collection, storage, and disposal of radiation sources; fees. The Agency may collect, store, and dispose of uncontrolled sources of radiation that have entered the public domain and that the Agency considers to be a threat to public health and safety or the environment. The Agency may assess actual costs, as appropriate, for the collection, storage, and disposal of uncontrolled sources of radiation that have entered the public domain and that the Agency considers to be a threat to public health and safety or the environment against any person that owns, owned, possesses, or is responsible for the radioactive material entering the public domain.