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House approves amended SB79 to update radioactive-waste surety rules and returns it to Senate
Summary
The Utah House passed First Substitute SB79 with unanimous support to modernize surety calculations for radioactive-waste facilities and extend financial-assurance clarity to adjacent unlicensed areas; sponsors said the changes respond to Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerns and are consensus-driven.
Representative McHale, the floor sponsor, told the House the bill updates an antiquated method for calculating surety for facilities that handle radioactive waste and extends coverage to unlicensed adjacent areas following feedback from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "This bill is a consensus bill," McHale said, adding the update replaces the inexact…
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