RSA 162-B:1 Declaration of Policy.

I. The state of New Hampshire endorses the action of the Congress of the United States in enacting the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to institute a program to encourage the widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public; and therefore declares the policy of the state to be, (1) To cooperate actively in the program thus instituted; and (2) To the extent that the regulation of special nuclear materials and by-product materials, of production facilities and utilization facilities, and of persons operating such facilities, may be within the jurisdiction of the state, to provide for the exercise of the state's regulatory author