Full Text of SR1719 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Zion Nuclear Power Station was a dual reactor | 3 | | nuclear power plant built in 1973 along the
shore of Lake | 4 | | Michigan on 257 acres in the City of Zion; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The two Zion reactor units, each with a generating | 6 | | capacity of 1,040 MW, remained
operational for approximately 23 | 7 | | years from 1973 to 1997; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The construction of the Zion Nuclear Power Station | 9 | | was funded by utility ratepayers
throughout the State of | 10 | | Illinois; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The people of Zion cooperated with utilities in | 12 | | the construction and placement of the Zion
Nuclear Power | 13 | | Station in their city; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Zion Nuclear Power Station paid $19.8 million in | 15 | | local taxes in 1996, and those taxes
represented approximately | 16 | | 55% of the local tax base; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The loss of tax revenue has shifted the local tax | 18 | | burden onto the people of Zion, and
negatively impacted the | 19 | | local taxing bodies including the City of Zion, Zion Township, | 20 | | Zion Elementary
School District 6, Zion-Benton High School |
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| 1 | | District 126, Zion Benton Library District, and Zion Park
| 2 | | District; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Decontamination and dismantlement of the Zion | 4 | | Nuclear Power Station began in 2011 and
continues with an | 5 | | estimated 2020 final closure date; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The 1982 federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act was | 7 | | enacted to provide for the development of
repositories for the | 8 | | disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear | 9 | | fuel, including creation of
the Interim Storage Fund; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The previously approved spent nuclear fuel | 11 | | repository at Yucca Mountain remains incomplete
and unfunded | 12 | | and no alternative permanent fuel repository has been | 13 | | designated; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Interim Storage Fund was created using | 15 | | ratepayer funds to make payments to a state or
local government | 16 | | to mitigate social or economic impacts arising from the | 17 | | operation of an interim
storage facility; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Upon completion of the dismantlement process, due | 19 | | to the lack of a permanent fuel
repository, 2.2 million pounds | 20 | | of spent nuclear fuel rods will remain at the Zion Nuclear | 21 | | Power Station,
rendering the area a de facto interim nuclear |
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| 1 | | storage facility; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The storage of this nuclear material will render a | 3 | | large portion of Zion's Lake Michigan
shoreline unusable and | 4 | | valued at a fraction of its fair market value, resulting in a | 5 | | massive negative
economic impact on the community; therefore, | 6 | | be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Congress to | 9 | | pass legislation to allocate funds from the Interim Storage | 10 | | Fund to the local
authorities in Zion and other similarly | 11 | | situated communities to mitigate social and economic impacts
| 12 | | arising from the storage of nuclear material; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | delivered to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul | 15 | | Ryan, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and all | 16 | | members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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