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MA S2680
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dylan Fernandes
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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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