SB 194: "An Act relating to advanced nuclear reactors."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 194 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) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a person constructing an 11 advanced nuclear reactor. 12 * Sec. 3. AS 18.45.900 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 13 (9) "advanced nuclear reactor" means 14 (A) a nuclear fission reactor with significant improvements 15 compared to the most recent generation of fission reactors, such as
01 (i) additional inherent safety features; 02 (ii) lower waste yields; 03 (iii) improved fuel performance; 04 (iv) increased tolerance to loss of fuel cooling; 05 (v) enhanced reliability; 06 (vi) increased proliferation resistance; 07 (vii) increased thermal efficiency; 08 (viii) reduced consumption of cooling water; 09 (ix) the ability to integrate into electric applications and 10 nonelectric applications; 11 (x) modular sizes to allow for deployment that 12 corresponds with the demand for electricity; 13 (xi) operational flexibility to respond to changes in 14 demand for electricity and to complement integration with intermittent 15 renewable energy; 16 (B) a prototype nuclear fission reactor with significant 17 improvements compared to the most recent generation of fission reactors, such 18 as those listed in (A) of this paragraph; or 19 (C) a fusion reactor.