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Public Act 91-0171
SB1076 Enrolled LRB9103314ACtmA
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act
by changing Sections 5 and 7.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is
amended by changing Sections 5 and 7 as follows:
(420 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4355)
Sec. 5. Program for Illinois nuclear power plant
inspectors.
(a) Consistent with federal law and policy statements of
and cooperative agreements with the 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, the Department shall
develop and implement a program for Illinois resident
inspectors that, when fully implemented, shall provide for
one full-time Departmental Illinois resident inspector at
each nuclear power plant in Illinois. The owner of each of
the 2 nuclear power plants to which they are assigned shall
provide, at its expense, office space and equipment
reasonably required by the resident inspectors while they are
on the premises of the nuclear power plants. The Illinois
resident inspectors shall operate in accordance with a
cooperative agreement executed by the Department and the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shall have access to the
nuclear power plants to which they have been assigned in
accordance with that agreement; provided, however, that the
Illinois resident inspectors shall have no greater access
than is afforded to by a resident inspector of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
(b) The Department may also inspect licensed nuclear
power plants that have permanently ceased operations. The
inspections shall be performed by inspectors qualified as
Illinois resident inspectors. The inspectors need not be
resident at nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased
operations. The inspectors shall conduct inspections in
accordance with a cooperative agreement executed by the
Department and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shall
have access to the nuclear power plants that have permanently
ceased operations; provided, however, that the Illinois
inspectors shall have no greater access than is afforded to
inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The owner of
each of the nuclear power plants that has permanently ceased
operations shall provide, at its expense, office space and
equipment reasonably required by the inspectors while they
are on the premises of the nuclear power plants.
(c) The Illinois resident inspectors and inspectors
assigned under subsection (b) shall each operate in
accordance with the security plan for the nuclear power plant
to which they are assigned, but in no event shall they be
required to meet any requirements imposed by a nuclear power
plant owner that are not imposed on resident inspectors and
inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The
Department's programs and activities under this Section shall
not be inconsistent with federal law.
(Source: P.A. 86-1357; 87-897.)
(420 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4357)
Sec. 7. The Department shall not engage in any program
of Illinois resident inspectors or inspectors assigned under
subsection (b) of Section 5 at any nuclear power plant in
Illinois except as specifically directed by law.
(Source: P.A. 86-1376; 87-897.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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