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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 216 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1498
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Julian Cyr, (BY REQUEST)
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to improve public health and safety standards in communities around aging nuclear
power plants and high-level nuclear waste dump sites.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Diane Turco, Executive Director of
the Cape Downwinders
Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/22/2023Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester2/22/2023 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 216 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1498
By Mr. Cyr (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1498) of Diane Turco,
Executive Director of the Cape Downwinders, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Michael O. Moore for
legislation to improve public health and safety standards in communities around aging nuclear
power plants and high-level nuclear waste dump sites. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2619 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to improve public health and safety standards in communities around aging nuclear
power plants and high-level nuclear waste dump sites.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 2B of chapter 639 of the acts of 1950 is hereby amended by striking the first
2paragraph and inserting the following:-
3 The director shall designate certain areas of the commonwealth as “nuclear power plant
4areas”. For the purposes of this section, said areas shall consist of all communities located within
5a fifty (50) mile radius of any nuclear power plant or inactive nuclear power plant storing nuclear
6waste in a spent fuel pool or an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation until all the nuclear
7waste leaves the site. This designation shall apply whether or not said NNP area is located within
8the commonwealth. Such assessments may be made against active facilities, or inactive nuclear
9power facilities that harbor spent nuclear fuel, high-level waste, or other nuclear material in spent 2 of 2
10fuel pool or in an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation until the nuclear waste leaves the
11site.