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CA AJR18

Joint Resolution

Status

Passed

8/23/2024

Primary Sponsor

Laurie Davies

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Origin

State Assembly

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to fulfill the federal government's legal and contractual obligation to manage spent nuclear fuel stored in California and 33 other states.

  • Identifies four de facto interim storage sites in California: Diablo Canyon, Humboldt Bay, Rancho Seco, and San Onofre Nuclear Generating Stations.

  • Notes that the U.S. inventory of spent nuclear fuel exceeds 90,000 metric tons at 76 sites across 34 states, projected to reach 137,000 metric tons by 2050.

  • Calls on Congress and the Department of Energy to implement recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future to establish consolidated interim storage and a permanent geologic repository.

  • Directs the Chief Clerk to transmit the resolution to the President, Congress members from California, and relevant congressional committees and the Department of Energy.

Legislative Description

Spent nuclear fuel: storage.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2024.

8/23/2024

Committee Referrals

Energy, Utilities and Communications8/7/2024
Rules8/6/2024
Utilities and Energy6/3/2024

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