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Senate substitutes SB24 to ban higher‑radiation waste, directs compact representatives to oppose shipments
Summary
Senate adopted a first substitute to SB24 that expands a proposed ban on waste hotter than low‑level A (including B and C categories and other high‑radionuclide materials), removes a licensing pathway for hotter waste and instructs Utah's Northwest Compact representatives not to support measures bringing such waste to the state.
Senators on the floor approved a first substitute to Senate Bill 24 that broadens restrictions on radioactive waste and tightens state oversight. The sponsor told the chamber the substitute "bans all waste that is hotter than the low level A waste," explicitly covering B and C waste and other materials with elevated radionuclide concentrations.
Under the substitute, Utah would eliminate a separate licensing process for…
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