00Enrolled SB 177                                                                                                         
01 Relating to nuclear facility siting permits; and relating to microreactors.                                             
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03    * Section 1. AS 18.45.025(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
04 (c)  The Department of Environmental Conservation shall adopt regulations                                               
05 governing the issuance of permits required by (a) of this section. However, a permit                                    
06 may not be issued until the municipality with jurisdiction over the proposed facility                                   
07 site has approved the permit or, if the proposed facility site is located in an                                       
08       unorganized borough, until the legislature has approved the permit.                                             
09    * Sec. 2. AS 18.45.025 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                                
10            (d)  Notwithstanding (b) of this section, a person that is otherwise compliant                               
11       with this chapter may construct a microreactor on land that has not been designated by                            
12       the legislature.                                                                                                  
13    * Sec. 3. AS 18.45.030 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                                 
14            (b)  The requirements set out under (a) of this section do not apply to the                                  
15       presence of microreactors in the state.                                                                           

01 (c)  If the Department of Environmental Conservation receives notice that a                                             
02 person has submitted a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license application for a                                          
03 microreactor located in the state, the Department of Environmental Conservation shall                                   
04 coordinate and submit comments from the departments or agencies under (a) of this                                       
05 section on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process specific to the                                          
06       microreactor.                                                                                                     
07    * Sec. 4. AS 18.45.900 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                                 
08                 (9)  "microreactor" means a nuclear utilization facility that is                                        
09                      (A)  a nuclear fission reactor consistent with the definition of                                   
10            "advanced nuclear reactor" in 42 U.S.C. 16271; and                                                           
11                      (B)  capable of generating not more than 50 megawatts of                                           
12            electric energy.