Section 420 ILCS 10/5 - Program for Illinois nuclear power plant inspectors(a) Consistent with federal law and policy statements of and cooperative agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect to State participation in health and safety regulation of nuclear facilities, and in recognition of the role provided for the states by such laws, policy statements and cooperative agreements, the Agency shall develop and implement a program for Illinois resident inspectors that, when fully implemented, shall provide for one full-time Agency Illinois resident inspector at each nuclear power plant in Illinois. The owner of each of the nuclear power plants to which they are assigned shall provide, at its expense, office space and equipment reasonably required by the resident inspectors while they are on the premises of the nuclear power plants. The Illinois resident inspectors shall operate in accordance with a cooperative agreement executed by the Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shall have access to the nuclear power plants to which they have been assigned in accordance with that agreement; provided, however, that the Illinois resident inspectors shall have no greater access than is afforded to a resident inspector of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (b) The Agency may also inspect licensed nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased operations. The inspections shall be performed by inspectors qualified as Illinois resident inspectors. The inspectors need not be resident at nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased operations. The inspectors shall conduct inspections in accordance with a cooperative agreement executed by the Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shall have access to the nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased operations; provided, however, that the Illinois inspectors shall have no greater access than is afforded to inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The owner of each of the nuclear power plants that has permanently ceased operations shall provide, at its expense, office space and equipment reasonably required by the inspectors while they are on the premises of the nuclear power plants. (c) The Illinois resident inspectors and inspectors assigned under subsection (b) shall each operate in accordance with the security plan for the nuclear power plant to which they are assigned, but in no event shall they be required to meet any requirements imposed by a nuclear power plant owner that are not imposed on resident inspectors and inspectors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Agency programs and activities under this Section shall not be inconsistent with federal law. Amended by P.A. 095-0777,§ 25, eff. 8/4/2008. P.A. 91-171, eff. 7-16-99.