House
File
400
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
400
BY
KELLEY
and
ANDERSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
nuclear
generating
facilities
from
1
reprocessing
fuel
under
specified
circumstances.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
476A.6A
Prohibition
on
1
weapons-grade
reprocessing.
2
The
board
shall
not
issue
a
certificate
for
a
new
nuclear
3
generating
facility
if
it
finds
that
the
applicant
plans
to
4
reprocess
spent
fuel
produced
by
the
proposed
plant
into
5
weapons-grade
plutonium
or
any
other
weapons-grade
material
6
either
at
the
plant
or
elsewhere
in
the
state.
7
EXPLANATION
8
This
bill
provides
that
the
Iowa
utilities
board
shall
not
9
issue
a
certificate
of
public
convenience,
use
and
necessity
10
for
the
construction,
maintenance,
and
operation
of
a
nuclear
11
generating
facility
if
it
determines
that
an
applicant
plans
12
to
reprocess
spent
fuel
produced
by
the
proposed
plant
into
13
weapons-grade
plutonium
or
another
weapons-grade
material,
14
either
at
the
plant
or
elsewhere
in
the
state.
15
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