(1) Within 30 days of the effective date of this subsection,¹ each person who has a current nuclear power reactor construction permit or operating license from the NRC for a site within this Commonwealth shall pay the department $100,000 per nuclear power reactor site, regardless of the number of individual nuclear power reactors located at the site. By July 1, 2007, and July 1 of each year thereafter, each person who has a current nuclear power reactor construction permit or operating license from the NRC for a site within this Commonwealth shall pay the department an annual fee of $650,000 per nuclear power reactor site, regardless of the number of individual nuclear power reactors located at the site. For the purposes of this subsection only, a nuclear power reactor site shall be deemed to be the location of one or more individual nuclear power reactors which still has spent nuclear fuel stored onsite, has not been fully dismantled and decommissioned pursuant to applicable Federal law and regulations and has not been granted license termination by the NRC.

(2) By July 1 of each year, each person who has applied for or currently holds a valid license from the NRC to operate an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel storage facility within this Commonwealth shall pay to the department an annual fee of $250,000 per site.

(3) By July 1 of each year, each person who has approval from the Department of Energy or has applied for or currently holds a valid license from the NRC to operate a reactor fuel fabrication facility within this Commonwealth shall pay to the department an annual fee of $250,000 per site.

(4) Prior to the date of a shipment that requires an escort, each shipper of spent nuclear fuel, high-level waste, transuranic waste or a large quantity of radioactive material who ships to, within, through or across this Commonwealth shall pay to the department a fee of $500 per individual vehicle shipment or $1,000 per railroad or river barge shipment.

(5) Every three years beginning in 2009, the department shall convene a working group consisting of personnel from the department selected by the secretary and an equal number of representatives from the nuclear facilities selected by the owners of those facilities to review the nuclear facility fees paid to the department, related issues that may have an impact on those fees and the expenditures made by the department in administering its radiation protection programs. This working group shall issue a report to the General Assembly outlining its findings of fact and its recommendations relative to the fees imposed by the department pursuant to this section, including any individual or minority recommendations from members of the working group.

(1) Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 1.

(2) Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2.

(1) Deleted by 2007, July 13, P.L. 95, No. 31, § 2, imd. effective.

(2) By July 1 of each year, each person who has applied for or holds a current license from the NRC to operate an away-from-reactor spent nuclear fuel storage facility within this Commonwealth shall pay to the agency an annual fee of $75,000 per site.

(3) By July 1 of each year, each person who has approval from the Department of Energy or has applied for or holds a current license from the NRC to operate a reactor fuel fabrication facility within this Commonwealth shall pay to the agency an annual fee of $75,000 per site.

(4) Prior to the proposed date of a shipment that requires an escort, each shipper of spent nuclear fuel, high-level waste, transuranic waste or a large quantity of radioactive material who ships to, within, through or across the boundaries of this Commonwealth shall pay to the agency a fee of $2,500 per individual vehicle shipment or $4,500 per railroad car or river barge shipment.

(5) Every three years beginning in 2009, the agency shall convene a working group consisting of personnel from the agency selected by the director and an equal number of representatives from the nuclear facilities selected by the owners of those facilities to review the nuclear facility fees paid to the agency, related issues that may have an impact on those fees and the expenditures made by the agency in administering its radiation protection programs. This working group shall issue a report to the General Assembly outlining its findings of fact and its recommendations relative to the fees imposed by the agency pursuant to this section, including any individual or minority recommendations from members of the working group.

(1) Each shipper of spent nuclear fuel, high-level waste, transuranic waste or a large quantity of radioactive material who ships to, within, through or across the Commonwealth shall reimburse the Pennsylvania State Police for the actual costs, as determined by the Pennsylvania State Police, to provide escort service. If the shipment is canceled following notification for escort service, the shipper shall compensate the Pennsylvania State Police at an appropriate rate for total hours of officers' time.

(2) The Pennsylvania State Police may establish a schedule of fees for escort and revise such fees on an annual basis. Such fees shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.