Legislative approval of siting of spent nuclear fuel storage facilities -- conditions -- definition

75-20-1302 . Legislative approval of siting of spent nuclear fuel storage facilities -- conditions -- definition. (1) The legislature authorizes the siting of temporary spent nuclear fuel storage facilities within the state. A facility is authorized if: (a) the facility is operated on the site of a nuclear power generating facility and stores spent nuclear fuel produced by a nuclear power generating facility operating within the state; (b) the facility has received a state recommendation from the department of environmental quality, pursuant to 75-20-204 ; and (c) the facility has received a license to construct and operate from the federal nuclear regulatory commission. (2) For the purposes of this section, "spent nuclear fuel" means nuclear fuel that has been used in a reactor and is no longer able to produce enough energy to sustain a reaction.