(20 ILCS 3310/40) Sec. 40. Regulation of nuclear safety. (a) The Agency shall have primary responsibility for the coordination and oversight of all State governmental functions concerning the regulation of nuclear power, including low level waste management, environmental monitoring, environmental radiochemical analysis, and transportation of nuclear waste. Functions performed by the Illinois State Police and the Department of Transportation in the area of nuclear safety, on the effective date of this Act, may continue to be performed by these agencies but under the direction of the Agency. All other governmental functions regulating nuclear safety shall be coordinated by the Agency. (b) IEMA-OHS, in consultation with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, shall adopt rules for the regulation of small modular reactors. The rules shall be adopted by January 1, 2026 and shall include criteria for decommissioning, environmental monitoring, and emergency preparedness. The rules shall include a fee structure to cover IEMA-OHS costs for regulation and inspection. The fee structure may include fees to cover costs of local government emergency response preparedness through grants administered by IEMA-OHS. None of the rules developed by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security or any other State agency, board, or commission pursuant to this Act shall be construed to supersede the authority of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall not apply to the uprate, renewal, or subsequent renewal of any license for an existing nuclear power reactor that began operation prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Any fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Fund created pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. (c) Consistent with federal law and policy statements of and cooperative agreements with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect to State participation in health and safety regulation of nuclear facilities, and in recognition of the role provided for the states by such laws, policy statements, and cooperative agreements, IEMA-OHS may develop and implement a program for inspections of small modular reactors, both operational and non-operational. The owner of each small modular reactor shall allow access to IEMA-OHS inspectors of all premises and records of the small modular reactor. The IEMA-OHS inspectors shall operate in accordance with any cooperative agreements executed between IEMA-OHS and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The IEMA-OHS inspectors shall operate in accordance with the security plan for the small modular reactor. IEMA-OHS programs and activities under this Section shall not be inconsistent with federal law. (d) IEMA-OHS shall be authorized to conduct activities specified in Section 8 of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act in regard to small modular reactors. (Source: P.A. 102-133, eff. 7-23-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-569, eff. 6-1-24.) |