99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0550
 
Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



420 ILCS 10/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4353

 Amends the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act. Makes a technical change in
a Section on legislative findings.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning safety.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 


4 Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is 
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:




6 (420 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4353)



7 Sec. 3. Legislative findings. The
The General Assembly 
8finds:
9 (a) that Illinois has more operating nuclear power plants 
10than any state in the Nation;

11 (b) that Illinois has a commercial, away-from-reactor, 
12spent nuclear fuel
storage facility;

13 (c) that on behalf of the People, the State of Illinois has 
14not only an
interest in emergency preparedness to mitigate the 
15effects of accidents at
nuclear facilities but also an interest 
16in furthering actions which reduce
the likelihood and severity 
17of accidents at nuclear facilities;

18 (d) that reduction of the likelihood and severity of 
19accidents at
nuclear facilities is in the interest of the 
20economic well-being of the
People of the State of Illinois 
21because of the substantial costs of (1)
repairing or replacing 
22nuclear facility
equipment damaged or destroyed in an accident; 
23(2) purchasing replacement
power in the event of a loss in 
 
 
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1generating capacity in an accident; (3)
disposing of nuclear 
2facility equipment highly contaminated with
radioactivity in 
3an accident; (4) decontaminating or replacing private
property 
4damaged in an accident; (5) replacing agricultural products

5contaminated with radioactivity in an accident; (6) disruption 
6to the
economy caused by an accident; and (7) health care for 
7workers and private
citizens injured in an accident; and

8 (e) that reduction of the likelihood and severity of 
9accidents at
nuclear facilities in Illinois protects the health 
10and safety of workers at
nuclear facilities and private 
11citizens who could be injured as a result of
releases of 
12radiation from nuclear facilities.

13(Source: P.A. 86-901.)