HB 2450 — An Act amending the act of July 10, 1984 (P.L.688, No.147), known as the Radiation Protection Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in fees, further providing for nuclear facility and transport fees.

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3371INTRODUCED THEBY GENERALMEHAFFIE, ASSEMBLYFIEDLER, OFBRENNAN, PENNSYLVANIACIRESI, HOUSEDOUGHERTY, BILLFLEMING, SessionGAYDOS, ofHANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON, RIVERA, SANCHEZ, STEELE AND VENKAT, APRIL 16, 2026 No.REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, APRIL 16, 2026 AN ACT Amending the act of July 10, 1984 (P.L.688, No.147), entitled "An act combining the radiation safety provisions of The Atomic Energy Development and Radiation Control Act and the Environmental Radiation Protection Act;

INTRODUCED BY MEHAFFIE, FIEDLER, BRENNAN, CIRESI, DOUGHERTY, FLEMING, GAYDOS, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON, RIVERA, SANCHEZ, STEELE, VENKAT, KENYATTA, BOROWSKI, DONAHUE AND INGLIS, APRIL 16, 2026 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 6, 2026 AN ACT Amending the act of July 10, 1984 (P.L.688, No.147), entitled "An act combining the radiation safety provisions of The Atomic Energy Development and Radiation Control Act and the Environmental Radiation Protection Act;

expanding the authority of the department to regulate other radiation sources;

providing for radiation emergencyeemergency otherreactor response;fuel;

establishing requirements for transport of spent reactor fuel;

By July 1, 2007, and July 1 of each year thereafter, 20260HB2450PN3371 - 2 - each person who has a current nuclear power reactor 20260HB2450PN3220 - 2 - construction permit or operating license from the NRC for a site within this Commonwealth shall pay the department an annual fee of [$650,000] $825,000 per nuclear power reactor site, regardless of the number of individual nuclear power reactors located at the site.

* * * (b.3) Cost recovery for shut-down reactors.--A person who owns, operates or manages a nuclear power reactor site with one or more reactors that have been permanently shut down and the spent nuclear fuel has been removed from the reactor vessel, spent nuclear fuel pool and any other temporary storage area where all spent nuclear fuel temporarily stored in dry casks onsite within an NRC-approved ISFSI shall be subject to actual agency cost recovery for any costs incurred by the agency to 20260HB2450PN3371 - 3 - respond to or mitigate an incident at the site.

Nothing in this 20260HB2450PN3220 - 3 - subsection shall be construed to supersede any indemnification, limitation of liability or any other provision of 42 U.S.C.

(ii) Payments collected under subparagraphs (i)(A) [and], (i.1)(A) and (i.2)(A) shall be deposited into the 20260HB2450PN3371 - 4 - Radiological Emergency Response Planning and Preparedness 20260HB2450PN3220 - 4 - Program Fund established pursuant to 35 Pa.C.S.

The annual fee shall remain in place until all spent nuclear fuel is removed 20260HB2450PN3371 - 5 - from the ISFSI and nuclear power reactor site.

20260HB2450PN3220 - 5 - (2) An individual nuclear power reactor required to pay the annual fee under this subsection shall not be subject to the fees under subsections (b)(1) and (d)(d). (B.1)(1) AND (C) <-- (1.1).

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