2015 Senate Bill 14

Restrict radioactive material storage and disposal

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 20, 2015

Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R-25)

To prohibit storing or disposing radioactive waste from another state or country in Michigan, and ban storing any radioactive material other than what is allowed under current law for nuclear power plants, uranium mines and medical uses. The bill would also create a state advisory board for the purpose of writing a report on the potential impact of depositing radioactive waste deep underground at a site in Kincardine, Ontario, as proposed by an Ontario utility.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment, and Great Lakes