Florida HB 1461: Health Access Dental Licenses

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to advanced nuclear reactors; creating 2
s. 403.541, F.S.; providing legislative intent; 3
providing definitions; authorizing the Florida Public 4
Service Commission to regulate advanced nuclear 5
reactors in this state; requiring the commission to 6
consult with the University of Florida's Nuclear Fuels 7
and Materials Characterization Facility in exercising 8
such authority; authorizing the Department of Health 9
and the Department of Environmental Protection to 10
exercise specified powers and duties; requiring the 11
commission, the Department of Health, and the 12
Department of Environmental Protection to jointly 13
establish criteria for the certification of 14
laboratories that perform analysis on nuclear 15
materials; authorizing the possession of nuclear 16
material for specified purposes; providing an 17
exception and limitation for such possession; 18
requiring permits for the transfer, receipt, 19
possession, use, storage, or disposal of nuclear 20
materials; requiring the commission to make a certain 21
determination before issuing such permits; requiring 22
certifications for construction and significant design 23
modifications of advanced nuclear reactors; requiring 24
the commission to consider certain factors before 25

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issuing such certifications; requiring the 26
construction or significant design modification of 27
advanced nuclear reactors to include certain radiation 28
control devices; authorizing the commission to issue 29
reciprocal permits under certain conditions; providing 30
penalties; requiring the commission, after 31
consultation with the Department of Environmental 32
Protection and the Department of Health, to adopt 33
rules; providing requirements for such rules; amending 34
s. 186.801, F.S.; revising the criteria the commission 35
must consider in the preliminary study of electric 36
utility 10-year site plans; amending s. 366.92, F.S.; 37
defining the term "clean energy"; removing the 38
definition of the term "renewable energy"; conforming 39
provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 40
377.601, F.S.; revising legislative intent for the 41
state's energy policy; amending s. 403.503, F.S.; 42
revising the definition of the term "applicant"; 43
amending s. 403.506, F.S.; revising applicability of 44
power plant capacity and expansion thresholds; 45
amending s. 403.507, F.S.; providing applicability; 46
amending s. 403.519, F.S.; revising the criteria the 47
commission must consider in making determinations for 48
proposed power plants; providing applicability; 49
providing an effective date. 50

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 52
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Section 1. Section 403.541, Florida Statutes, is created 54
to read: 55
403.541 Advanced nuclear reactors.- 56
(1) Based on the energy needs of this state, economic 57
considerations, statewide energy reliability goals, and the need 58
for additional baseload electrical generating capacity, the 59
Legislature intends to promote the development of nuclear energy 60
and to protect the viability of existing nuclear energy 61
facilities in this state, encourage investment into nuclear 62
energy within this state, and minimize rising electricity rates 63
through the use of nuclear energy. 64
(2) As used in this section, the term: 65
(a) "Advanced nuclear reactor" means a nuclear fusion 66
reactor, or a nuclear fission reactor that uses new or 67
significantly improved designs compared to commercial nuclear 68
reactors in operation as of January 1, 2021, including 69
improvements such as: 70
1. Inherent or passive safety features; 71
2. Lower waste yields; 72
3. Improved fuel performance or efficiency; 73
4. Significantly improved designs, materials, fuels, or 74
cooling systems; 75

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5. Reduced consumption of cooling water and other 76
environmental impacts; or 77
6. Flexibility in operational output or ability to 78
integrate into electric or nonelectric applications. 79
(b) "Commission" means the Florida Public Service 80
Commission. 81
(c) "Electrical power plant" has the same meaning as 82
provided in s. 403.503. 83
(d) "Nuclear material" means byproduct material, source 84
material, and special nuclear material as those terms are 85
defined in s. 404.31. 86
(3)(a) The authority to