Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 298a · 10 active provisions
(a) The state of Connecticut endorses the action of the Congress of the United States in enacting the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to institute a program to encourage the widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defe…
As used in this chapter: (1) “Atomic energy” has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 2014, as amended from time to time; (2) “By-product material” means each of the following: (A) Any radioactive material, other than special nuclear material, that is yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to radiation which is i…
(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall coordinate all atomic development activities in the state. Said commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall (1) advise the Governor with respect to atomic industrial development within the state; (2) act as coordinator of the development and regula…
(a) As used in this section, (1) “eligible recipient” means (A) a regional governmental entity, municipality, regional council of governments, public authority, state or federally recognized tribe or municipal electric utility or cooperative with a demonstrated interest in hosting advanced nuclear reactors, as determin…
Each of the following-named state agencies is directed to initiate and to pursue continuing studies as to the need, if any, for changes in the laws and regulations administered by it that would arise from the presence within the state of special nuclear materials and by-product materials and from the operation herein o…
No person shall manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire or possess any special nuclear material, by-product material, production facility or utilization facility, or act as an operator of a production or utilization facility wholly within this state, unless he has first obtained a license or permit for the a…
Whenever, in the opinion of the Attorney General, any person is violating or is about to violate section 16a-104, the Attorney General may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the person from engaging or continuing to engage in the activity violative of this chapter and, upon a showing that such person…
(a) No person shall transport into or through the state any of the following materials: (1) Any quantity of radioactive material specified as a “large quantity” by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 10 CFR, Part 71, entitled “Packaging of Radioactive Material for Transport”, (2) any quantity of radioactive waste whic…
No municipality shall adopt an ordinance which in any way restricts the authority of the Commissioner of Transportation to designate the dates, routes or time for the transporting of such radioactive material or waste and said commissioner's authority shall supersede the provisions of any existing municipal ordinance t…
Reserved for future use.