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| Public Act 102-0133 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 is amended by | ||||
changing Section 40 and by adding Section 40.5 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 3310/40)
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Sec. 40. Regulation of nuclear safety. The Illinois | ||||
Emergency Management Agency shall have primary responsibility | ||||
for the coordination and oversight of all State governmental | ||||
functions concerning the regulation of nuclear power, | ||||
including low level waste management, environmental | ||||
monitoring, environmental radiochemical analysis, and | ||||
transportation of nuclear waste. Functions performed by the | ||||
Department of State Police and the Department of | ||||
Transportation in the area of nuclear safety, on the effective | ||||
date of this Act, may continue to be performed by these | ||||
agencies but under the direction of the Illinois Emergency | ||||
Management Agency. All other governmental functions regulating | ||||
nuclear safety shall be coordinated by Illinois Emergency | ||||
Management Agency.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.) | ||||
(20 ILCS 3310/40.5 new) | ||||
Sec. 40.5. Radiochemistry laboratory program. The Illinois | ||
Emergency Management Agency shall implement a comprehensive | ||
radiochemistry laboratory program. The Director of the | ||
Illinois Emergency Management Agency, in accordance with the | ||
Personnel Code, shall employ and direct such personnel, and | ||
shall provide for such laboratory and other facilities, as may | ||
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act and the Acts | ||
referenced in Section 5. | ||
Section 10. The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act | ||
is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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(420 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4308)
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Sec. 8. (a) The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness | ||
Program shall
consist of an assessment of the potential | ||
nuclear accidents, their
radiological consequences, and the | ||
necessary protective actions required to
mitigate the effects | ||
of such accidents. It shall include, but not
necessarily be | ||
limited to:
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(1) Development of a remote effluent monitoring system | ||
capable of
reliably detecting and quantifying accidental | ||
radioactive releases from
nuclear power plants to the | ||
environment;
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(2) Development of an environmental monitoring program | ||
for nuclear
facilities other than nuclear power plants;
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(3) Development of procedures for radiological | ||
assessment and radiation
exposure control for areas | ||
surrounding each nuclear facility in Illinois;
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(4) Radiological training of state and local emergency
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response personnel in accordance with the Agency's | ||
responsibilities
under the program;
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(5) Participation in the development of accident | ||
scenarios
and in the exercising of fixed facility nuclear | ||
emergency response plans;
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(6) Development of mitigative emergency planning | ||
standards including,
but not limited to, standards | ||
pertaining to evacuations, re-entry into
evacuated areas, | ||
contaminated foodstuffs and contaminated water supplies;
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(7) Provision of specialized response equipment | ||
necessary to accomplish
this task;
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(8) Implementation of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel | ||
Safety program
at nuclear steam-generating facilities as | ||
mandated by
Section
2005-35 of the Department of Nuclear | ||
Safety Law, or its successor statute;
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(9) Development and implementation of a plan for | ||
inspecting and
escorting all shipments of spent nuclear | ||
fuel, high-level
radioactive
waste, transuranic waste, and | ||
highway route controlled quantities of radioactive | ||
materials in Illinois; and
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(10) Implementation of the program under the Illinois | ||
Nuclear Facility
Safety Act. | ||
(11) Development and implementation of a | ||
radiochemistry laboratory capable of preparing | ||
environmental samples, performing analyses, | ||
quantification, and reporting for assessment and radiation | ||
exposure control due to accidental radioactive releases | ||
from nuclear power plants into the environment.
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(b) The Agency may incorporate data collected by the | ||
operator of a
nuclear facility into the Agency's remote | ||
monitoring system.
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(c) The owners of each nuclear power reactor in Illinois | ||
shall provide
the Agency all system status signals which | ||
initiate Emergency Action
Level Declarations, actuate accident | ||
mitigation and provide mitigation
verification as directed by | ||
the Agency. The Agency shall designate
by rule those system | ||
status signals that must be provided. Signals
providing | ||
indication of operating power level shall also be provided.
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The owners of the nuclear power reactors shall, at their | ||
expense, ensure
that valid signals will be provided | ||
continuously 24 hours a day.
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All such signals shall be provided in a manner and at a | ||
frequency
specified by the Agency for incorporation into and | ||
augmentation of the
remote effluent monitoring system | ||
specified in subsection (a) (1) of this
Section. Provision | ||
shall be made for assuring that such system status and
power | ||
level signals shall be available to the Agency
during reactor
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operation as well as throughout accidents and subsequent
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recovery operations.
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For nuclear reactors with operating licenses issued by the | ||
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission prior to the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act,
such system status and power level | ||
signals shall be provided to the
Department of Nuclear Safety | ||
(of which the Agency is the successor) by March 1, 1985. For | ||
reactors without such a license on the
effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act, such signals shall be provided to
the | ||
Department prior to commencing initial fuel load for such | ||
reactor.
Nuclear reactors receiving their operating license | ||
after the effective date
of this amendatory Act, but before | ||
July 1, 1985, shall provide such system
status and power level | ||
signals to the Department of Nuclear Safety (of which the | ||
Agency is the successor) by September 1, 1985.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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