102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1553
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
 
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 
16interest in furthering actions which reduce
the likelihood and 
17severity of 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 
23accident; (2) purchasing replacement
power in the event of a 
 
 
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1loss in generating capacity in an accident; (3)
disposing of 
2nuclear facility equipment highly contaminated with

3radioactivity in an accident; (4) decontaminating or replacing 
4private
property damaged in an accident; (5) replacing 
5agricultural products
contaminated with radioactivity in an 
6accident; (6) disruption to the
economy caused by an accident; 
7and (7) health care for workers and private
citizens injured 
8in an accident; and

9    (e) that reduction of the likelihood and severity of 
10accidents at
nuclear facilities in Illinois protects the 
11health and safety of workers at
nuclear facilities and private 
12citizens who could be injured as a result of
releases of 
13radiation from nuclear facilities.

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