HF 2046 (LSB 5549YH (2) 85)

HOUSE FILE 2046

BY  KAUFMANN

A BILL FOR

An Act restricting the issuance of a certificate of public convenience, use, and necessity for nuclear generating facility applicants until specified requirements are met.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  476A.7A  Nuclear generating facilities —— threshold determination requirements —— general assembly approval.
   1.  In addition to any other requirements for issuance of a certificate pursuant to this chapter, a certificate shall not be issued for the construction of a nuclear generating facility until the director of the department of natural resources certifies that an authorized agency of the federal government has identified and approved a demonstrable technology or means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste, and until construction of the facility has been specifically approved by a majority vote of both houses of the general assembly.
   2.  As used in this section, “high-level nuclear waste” means those aqueous wastes resulting from the operation of the first cycle of the solvent extraction system or equivalent and the concentrated wastes of the subsequent cycles or equivalent in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel and shall include spent fuel assemblies prior to fuel reprocessing.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill restricts the issuance of a certificate of public convenience, use, and necessity for nuclear generating facility applicants until specified requirements are met.
   The bill provides that in addition to any other requirements for issuance of a certificate of public convenience, use, and necessity by the Iowa utilities board pursuant to Code chapter 476A, a certificate shall not be issued for the construction of a nuclear generating facility until the director of the department of natural resources certifies that an authorized agency of the federal government has identified and approved a demonstrable technology or means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste, and until construction of the facility has been specifically approved by a majority vote of both houses of the general assembly. The bill defines “high-level nuclear waste” to mean those aqueous wastes resulting from the operation of the first cycle of the solvent extraction system or equivalent and the concentrated wastes of the subsequent cycles or equivalent in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel and including spent fuel assemblies prior to fuel reprocessing.