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91_SB1076
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act
2 by changing Sections 5 and 7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is
6 amended by changing Sections 5 and 7 as follows:
7 (420 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4355)
8 Sec. 5. Program for Illinois nuclear power plant
9 inspectors.
10 (a) Consistent with federal law and policy statements of
11 and cooperative agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory
12 Commission with respect to State participation in health and
13 safety regulation of nuclear facilities, and in recognition
14 of the role provided for the states by such laws, policy
15 statements and cooperative agreements, the Department shall
16 develop and implement a program for Illinois resident
17 inspectors that, when fully implemented, shall provide for
18 one full-time Departmental Illinois resident inspector at
19 each nuclear power plant in Illinois. The owner of each of
20 the 2 nuclear power plants to which they are assigned shall
21 provide, at its expense, office space and equipment
22 reasonably required by the resident inspectors while they are
23 on the premises of the nuclear power plants. The Illinois
24 resident inspectors shall operate in accordance with a
25 cooperative agreement executed by the Department and the
26 Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shall have access to the
27 nuclear power plants to which they have been assigned in
28 accordance with that agreement; provided, however, that the
29 Illinois resident inspectors shall have no greater access
30 than is afforded to by a resident inspector of the Nuclear
31 Regulatory Commission.
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1 (b) The Department may also assign an inspector
2 qualified as an Illinois resident inspector to each licensed
3 nuclear power plant in the State that has permanently ceased
4 operations. The inspector need not be resident at the power
5 plant. Such inspectors shall operate in accordance with a
6 cooperative agreement executed by the Department and the
7 Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shall have access to the
8 nuclear power plants to which they have been assigned in
9 accordance with that agreement; provided, however, that the
10 Illinois inspectors shall have no greater access than is
11 afforded to inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
12 The owner of each of the nuclear power plants to which
13 inspectors are assigned shall provide, at the plant's
14 expense, office space and equipment reasonably required by
15 the inspectors while they are on the premises of the nuclear
16 power plants.
17 (c) The Illinois resident inspectors and inspectors
18 assigned under subsection (b) shall each operate in
19 accordance with the security plan for the nuclear power plant
20 to which they are assigned, but in no event shall they be
21 required to meet any requirements imposed by a nuclear power
22 plant owner that are not imposed on resident inspectors and
23 inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The
24 Department's programs and activities under this Section shall
25 not be inconsistent with federal law.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-1357; 87-897.)
27 (420 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4357)
28 Sec. 7. The Department shall not engage in any program
29 of Illinois resident inspectors or inspectors assigned under
30 subsection (b) of Section 5 at any nuclear power plant in
31 Illinois except as specifically directed by law.
32 (Source: P.A. 86-1376; 87-897.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.
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