96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0870


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4353







    Amends the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act.  Makes a technical change in
a Section on legislative findings.
















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    AN ACT concerning safety.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is 
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amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 



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    (420 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4353)



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    Sec. 3. Legislative findings. The
The General Assembly 
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finds:
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    (a) that Illinois has more operating nuclear power plants 
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than any state in the Nation;

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    (b) that Illinois has a commercial, away-from-reactor, 
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spent nuclear fuel
storage facility;

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    (c) that on behalf of the People, the State of Illinois has 
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not only an
interest in emergency preparedness to mitigate the 
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effects of accidents at
nuclear facilities but also an interest 
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in furthering actions which reduce
the likelihood and severity 
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of accidents at nuclear facilities;

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    (d) that reduction of the likelihood and severity of 
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accidents at
nuclear facilities is in the interest of the 
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economic well-being of the
People of the State of Illinois 
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because of the substantial costs of (1)
repairing or replacing 
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nuclear facility
equipment damaged or destroyed in an accident; 
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(2) purchasing replacement
power in the event of a loss in 
 


 






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generating capacity in an accident; (3)
disposing of nuclear 
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facility equipment highly contaminated with
radioactivity in 
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an accident; (4) decontaminating or replacing private
property 
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damaged in an accident; (5) replacing agricultural products

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contaminated with radioactivity in an accident; (6) disruption 
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to the
economy caused by an accident; and (7) health care for 
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workers and private
citizens injured in an accident; and

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    (e) that reduction of the likelihood and severity of 
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accidents at
nuclear facilities in Illinois protects the health 
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and safety of workers at
nuclear facilities and private 
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citizens who could be injured as a result of
releases of 
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radiation from nuclear facilities.

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(Source: P.A. 86-901.)