00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 194(CRA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to advanced nuclear reactors."                                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 18.45.025(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04 (a)  A person may not construct a nuclear fuel production facility, nuclear                                             
05 utilization facility, utilization facility, reprocessing facility, [OR] nuclear waste                                   
06 disposal facility, or advanced nuclear reactor in the state without first obtaining a                               
07 permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation to construct the facility                                      
08       on land designated by the legislature under (b) of this section.                                                  
09    * Sec. 2. AS 18.45.025 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
10 (d)  Notwithstanding (a) or (b) of this section, the Department of                                                      
11 Environmental Conservation may issue a permit to a person to construct an advanced                                      
12 nuclear reactor that has a power output of less than 300 megawatts on land not                                          
13       designated by the legislature under (b) of this section.                                                          
14    * Sec. 3. AS 18.45.900 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                               
15                 (9)  "advanced nuclear reactor" means                                                                   

01                      (A)  a nuclear fission reactor with significant improvements                                       
02            compared to fission reactors in operation before January 1, 2020, such as                                    
03                           (i)  additional inherent safety features;                                                     
04                           (ii)  lower waste yields;                                                                     
05                           (iii)  improved fuel performance;                                                             
06                           (iv)  increased tolerance to loss of fuel cooling;                                            
07                           (v)  enhanced reliability;                                                                    
08                           (vi)  increased proliferation resistance;                                                     
09                           (vii)  increased thermal efficiency;                                                          
10                           (viii)  reduced consumption of cooling water;                                                 
11                           (ix)  the ability to integrate into electric applications and                                 
12                 nonelectric applications;                                                                               
13                           (x)  modular sizes to allow for deployment that                                               
14                 corresponds with the demand for electricity;                                                            
15                           (xi)  operational flexibility to respond to changes in                                        
16                 demand for electricity and to complement integration with intermittent                                  
17                 renewable energy;                                                                                       
18                      (B)  a prototype nuclear fission reactor with significant                                          
19            improvements compared to fission reactors in operation before January 1,                                     
20            2020, such as those listed in (A) of this paragraph; or                                                      
21                      (C)  a fusion reactor.