SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL ACT

                       (Ch. 111«, pars. 230.20 - 230.24)


     AN ACT creating a Department of Nuclear Safety and amending certain Acts
herein named, approved and effective December 3, 1980.

      Section 230.20  Short title.  This Act may be cited as the Spent Nuclear
Fuel Act.

      Section 230.21.  Spent nuclear fuel defined

       1.  For the purposes of this Act, "spent nuclear fuel" means the
irradiated energy source that is permanently removed from the core of a nuclear
fission reactor either because it can no longer effectively sustain a chain
reaction due to the depletion of fissionable isotopes and the buildup of by-
products that interferes with the chain reaction or because safety or operating
concerns dictate such removal.

      Section 230.22.  Foreign spent nuclear fuel--Disposal or storage
facilities--Reciprocity agreements

       2.  No person may dispose of, store, or accept any spent nuclear fuel
which was used in any power generating facility located outside this State, or
transport into this State for disposal or storage any spent nuclear fuel which
was used in any power generating facility located outside this State, unless the
state of origin of such spent nuclear fuel has a facility, which is not part of
a power generating facility, for the disposal or storage of spent nuclear fuel
substantially like that of this State and has entered into a reciprocity
agreement with this State.  The determination as to whether the state of origin
has a disposal or storage facility for spent nuclear fuel substantially like that
of this State is to be made by the Director of the Department of Nuclear Safety
and all reciprocity agreements must be approved by a majority of the members of
both Houses of the General Assembly and approved and signed by the Governor.

      Section 230.23.  Fines and penalties

       3.  Any person who violates any provision of this Act shall be liable to
a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for each violation and an additional
civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each day during which violation
continues.

      Section 230.24  Injunction--Violations

       4.  The State's Attorney in a county where a violation occurs or Attorney
General may institute a civil action for immediate injunction to halt any
activity which is in violation of this Act.