2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 278 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
278.605 Construction prohibited until means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste approved by United States government -- Exceptions for nuclear-based technologies.

Download as PDF 278.605 Construction prohibited until means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste approved by United States government -- Exceptions for nuclear-based technologies. (1) (2) No construction shall commence on a nuclear power facility in the Commonwealth until the Public Service Commission finds that the United States government, through its authorized agency, has identified and approved a demonstrable technology or means for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste. The provisions of this section shall not be construed as applying to or precluding the following nuclear-based technologies, provided that electricity is not the primary output of the processes: (a) Enrichment of depleted uranium hexafluoride tails; (b) Processing of metals contaminated with radioactive materials; (c) Recycling or reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels; and (d) Nuclear-assisted coal or gas conversion processes. Effective:July 12, 2012 History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1984.