Bill > H2020

This bill proposes to establish "Public Education Zones" within a 10 to 35-mile radius of nuclear reactors or nuclear fuel disposal sites, requiring utility companies to fund and distribute educational materials to residents, businesses, and transient populations about nuclear power plant operations, fuel storage procedures, accident preparedness, and public protection plans. Additionally, the bill mandates a study by the Department on potentially expanding the "Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone," which is a designated area around a nuclear facility where emergency plans are in place, from its current 10-mile radius to 50 miles, with a report on this study to be submitted to legislative committees, the Governor, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is the federal agency responsible for regulating nuclear power.