KRS 164.2804: Nuclear-ready community designation -- Criteria -- Application process --

Award by the authority.

(1) The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, with the approval of its

advisory board, shall develop and adopt criteria for awarding a nuclear-ready

community designation to demonstrate a community's readiness to welcome nuclear

energy-related development. The criteria to attain the designation shall include but

not be limited to:

(a) The holding of local public educational meetings to e ducate the community

on advanced nuclear energy technologies, the nuclear ecosystem, and the role

that nuclear energy-related development could play in the community;

(b) The availability of sites within the community that have been recognized by

the Cabinet for Economic Development as being suitable for nuclear energy -

related projects; and

(c) The adoption of resolutions from the county and all cities in the county or a

successful county ballot initiative declaring the community's readiness for

nuclear energy-related projects to be developed and sited there.

(2) Communities may voluntarily apply to the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development

Authority for a nuclear-ready community designation in the form and manner as the

authority may require, and the authority shall evaluate the application and award the

designation based on the criteria established under subsection (1) of this section.