Senators approve clarification to allow on‑site storage of reactor‑generated high‑level waste at new reactors
A committee substitute to House Bill 4,112 clarifies that current and future nuclear power reactors and university research reactors may store high‑level radioactive waste on‑site so long as the material originated at that site; sponsors said the change prevents unintended barriers to new federal‑licensed reactors.
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The committee heard House Bill 4,112 and a committee substitute intended to clarify earlier 2019 session language that bars the state from becoming a repository for high‑level radioactive waste.
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