HOUSE FILE 2172

BY  KELLEY

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting nuclear generating facilities from reprocessing fuel under specified circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  476A.6A  Prohibition on weapons-grade reprocessing.
   The board shall not issue a certificate for a new nuclear generating facility if it finds that the applicant plans to reprocess spent fuel produced by the proposed plant into weapons-grade plutonium or any other weapons-grade material either at the plant or elsewhere in the state. 
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that the Iowa utilities board shall not issue a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a nuclear generating facility if it determines that an applicant plans to reprocess spent fuel produced by the proposed plant into weapons-grade plutonium or another weapons-grade material, either at the plant or elsewhere in the state.