(420 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4355)
Sec. 5. Program for Illinois nuclear power plant inspectors.
(a) Consistent with federal law and policy statements of and
cooperative agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect
to State participation in health and safety regulation of nuclear
facilities, and in recognition of the role provided for the states by such
laws, policy statements and cooperative agreements, the Agency shall
develop and implement a program for Illinois resident inspectors that, when
fully implemented, shall provide for one full-time Agency Illinois
resident inspector at each nuclear power plant in Illinois. The owner of each
of the nuclear power plants to which they are assigned shall provide, at
its expense, office space and equipment reasonably required by the resident
inspectors while they are on the premises of the nuclear power plants. The
Illinois resident inspectors shall operate in accordance with a cooperative
agreement executed by the Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and
shall have access to the nuclear power plants to which they have been assigned
in accordance with that agreement; provided, however, that the Illinois
resident inspectors shall have no greater access than is afforded to a resident inspector of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(b) The Agency may also inspect licensed nuclear power plants that
have permanently ceased operations. The inspections shall be performed by
inspectors qualified as Illinois resident inspectors. The inspectors need not
be resident at nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased operations.
The inspectors shall conduct inspections in accordance with a cooperative
agreement executed by the Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and
shall have access to the nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased
operations; provided, however, that the Illinois inspectors shall have no
greater access than is afforded to inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. The owner of each of the nuclear power plants that has permanently
ceased operations shall provide, at its expense, office space and equipment
reasonably required by the inspectors while they are on the premises of the
nuclear power plants.
(c) The Illinois resident inspectors and inspectors assigned under
subsection (b) shall each operate in accordance with the security plan for
the nuclear power plant to which they are assigned, but in no event shall they
be required to meet any requirements imposed by a nuclear power plant owner
that are not imposed on resident inspectors and inspectors of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission. The Agency programs and activities under this
Section shall not be inconsistent with federal law.
(Source: P.A. 95-777, eff. 8-4-08.)
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