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MA S2680

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dylan Fernandes

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Origin

Senate

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Expands "nuclear power plant areas" designation to include all communities within a 50-mile radius of any nuclear power plant or inactive nuclear facility storing nuclear waste
  • Applies to facilities storing waste in spent fuel pools or Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations until all nuclear waste leaves the site
  • Covers both active nuclear power plants and decommissioned facilities that still harbor spent nuclear fuel or high-level waste
  • Extends jurisdiction to nuclear facilities located outside Massachusetts if communities within the 50-mile radius fall within the commonwealth
  • Amends Section 2B of Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950

Legislative Description

To improve public health and safety standards in communities around aging nuclear power plants and high-level nuclear waste dump sites

Last Action

Hearing scheduled for 03/18/2026 from 09:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-2

3/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Public Safety and Homeland Security7/10/2025
Rules2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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