Full Text of HR0767 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has 11 operating nuclear | 3 | | power reactors and more radioactive spent fuel than any other | 4 | | state in the nation; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, An equipment malfunction, fire, human error, | 6 | | natural disaster, or terrorist attack could, separately or in | 7 | | combination, lead to a nuclear catastrophe with potentially | 8 | | devastating human, environmental, and economic consequences | 9 | | for the citizens of Illinois, the region, and nation; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The March 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima | 11 | | Daiichi plant in Japan has resulted in significant radiation | 12 | | exposure for countless Japanese citizens, billions of dollars | 13 | | in economic losses, and unimaginable hardship for thousands of | 14 | | Japanese families who have lost their homes and way of life; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, All but one of the nuclear power plants in | 17 | | Illinois have reported groundwater leaks; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The LaSalle and Clinton power plants have suffered | 19 | | year-plus outages due to mechanical malfunctions and safety | 20 | | failures; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The earthquake risk at the Dresden nuclear power | 2 | | plant has been determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | 3 | | to exceed the capacity of its design; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Braidwood, Byron, Clinton, Dresden, LaSalle, and | 5 | | Quad Cities nuclear power plants do not periodically review | 6 | | their voluntary but critical Severe Accident Management | 7 | | Guidelines (SAMGs), according to a Nuclear Regulatory | 8 | | Commission audit conducted after the Fukushima disaster; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, According to many independent experts, there are | 10 | | well-documented safety and security shortcomings at the | 11 | | nation's 104 operating nuclear reactors that can and should be | 12 | | corrected to improve public health and safety; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The residents of Illinois have an inalienable | 14 | | right to have their voices heard regarding possible threats to | 15 | | the health, safety, and general well-being of themselves, their | 16 | | families, their property, and the surrounding environment | 17 | | arising from the State's nuclear power plants; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The people of Illinois want a safe and secure | 19 | | energy supply for themselves and future generations; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly takes its | 21 | | responsibility to represent its citizens with utmost |
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| 1 | | seriousness; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has complete | 5 | | jurisdiction over U.S. nuclear power safety and security | 6 | | matters, must ensure that concrete steps are taken now to | 7 | | address serious shortcomings in nuclear plant safety and | 8 | | security that have been evident for years, however no | 9 | | technology can be made perfectly safe, but the Nuclear | 10 | | Regulatory Commission can and must do more to guard against | 11 | | accidents as well as the threat of terrorist attacks on | 12 | | reactors and spent fuel pools; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois General Assembly urges the | 14 | | Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do the following: (1) require | 15 | | Illinois nuclear power plant owners to transfer radioactive | 16 | | spent fuel from storage pools to much safer dry casks as soon | 17 | | after 5 years of cooling as possible; (2) ensure that everyone | 18 | | at significant risk from a severe accident, not just people | 19 | | within the arbitrary 10-mile zone currently used for emergency | 20 | | planning, is protected; (3) extend the scope of its regulations | 21 | | to include the prevention and mitigation of severe accidents; | 22 | | and (4) improve protection of the nation's nuclear power plants | 23 | | against terrorist attacks; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we further direct the House clerk, upon | 2 | | passage of this resolution, to send copies to all 5 | 3 | | Commissioners on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the | 4 | | Governor of Illinois, the Illinois Congressional Delegation, | 5 | | and to the CEO of Exelon, the company that owns all Illinois | 6 | | nuclear power plants, with an accompanying cover letter stating | 7 | | the date this resolution was passed by the General Assembly in | 8 | | the State of Illinois.
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