Nuclear waste management in Illinois

This paper addresses nuclear waste production and its management as it now exists in Illinois in three categories: (1) radioactive waste from pre-nuclear era activities, (2) spent nuclear fuel, and (3) low-level waste. The state has responsibility for categories 1 and 3, and, although spent fuel is a federal responsibility, the state is also involved because of on-site storage at seven commercial power plants. State concerns center on the possibility that the General Electric-Morris facility may become a federally operated away-from-reactor (AFR) site if pending legislation passes and the fact that current Illinois law prohibits the shipment of additional spent fuel to GE-Morris for storage