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OR SB216
Bill
Status
6/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Smith
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AI Summary
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Repeals the requirement that a licensed federal repository for high-level radioactive waste disposal must exist before Oregon can issue a site certificate for a nuclear-fueled thermal power plant
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Eliminates the requirement that proposed nuclear power plant site certificates be submitted to Oregon voters for approval or rejection
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Repeals ORS 469.590, 469.593, 469.595, 469.597, 469.599, and 469.601, which contained the nuclear facility siting restrictions
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Retains the policy that high-level radioactive waste should not be stored at nuclear plant sites after operating license expiration, and plant operators remain responsible for temporary storage until waste is removed
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Makes conforming amendments to multiple Oregon Revised Statutes sections to remove references to the repealed nuclear siting provisions
Legislative Description
Relating to nuclear-fueled thermal power plants.
Last Action
In committee upon adjournment.
6/27/2025