{"data":{"id":"us-mt/75-20-1302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"75-20-1302","heading":"Legislative approval of siting of spent nuclear fuel storage facilities -- conditions -- definition.","body":"(1) The legislature authorizes the siting of temporary spent nuclear fuel storage facilities within the state. A facility is authorized if:\n(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;\n(b) the facility has received a state recommendation from the department of environmental quality, pursuant to 75-20-204; and\n(c) the facility has received a license to construct and operate from the federal nuclear regulatory commission.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 75. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION","CHAPTER 20. MAJOR FACILITY SITING","Part 13. Nuclear Fuel Storage Facilities"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0750/chapter_0200/part_0130/section_0020/0750-0200-0130-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:57Z","sha256":"ccf374f2d63ac9220485a6d94a01515b8116a5473711dabb61f802bb488e061b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/75-20-1301","next":"us-mt/75-25-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}