<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>nuclear power plant; prohibiting plutonium weapon reprocessing;amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Subd. 3b. <b>Nuclear power plant; new construction prohibited; relicensing</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var><b>Additional storage of spent nuclear fuel</b><b>.</b> (a) The commission may not issue a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>of need for the construction of a new nuclear-powered electric generating plant.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(b) Any certificate of need for additional storage of spent nuclear fuel for a facility <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>seeking a license extension shall address the impacts of continued operations over the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>period for which approval is sought.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>    Subd. 3c. <b>Nuclear plant; plutonium weapon reprocessing prohibition.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>commission may not issue a certificate of need for a new nuclear-powered electric <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>generating plant if it finds that the applicant plans to reprocess spent fuel produced by the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>proposed plant into weapons-grade plutonium either at the plant or elsewhere in the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>