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So now DeVore is trying to place an initiative on the ballot to do away
with the CA ban on new nuclear power construction. If they can do it
here, the gate will be open. <br><br>
As said by Rochelle Becker from Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility,
"This initiative should not be dismissed as easy to defeat as both
AREVA (the French nuclear company and owner of Frances reprocessing
plant) and Constellation Energy (an East Coast owner of many
nukes), not to mention the NEI (Nuclear Energy Institute) appear most
willing to pour dollars into this effort. California is the supreme
"domino" for the nuke industry to knock over and these guys are
determined and well funded. And as we all know no one needs tell
the truth in political commercials."<br><br>
So...<br><br>
I'm not particularly interested in having to do that fight over- ben here
don that twenty some years ago- but it may be necessary, so,
prepare,<br><br>
Don<br><br>
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:36:14 -0700<br>
Subject: [TrueGreen_NoNukes] Reuters: California lawmaker seeks vote on
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<h1><b>California lawmaker seeks vote on nuclear power</b></h1><br><br>
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Assemblyman Chuck DeVore will try to put an
initiative on the ballots in June 2008 for Californians to decide whether
the state should allow construction of nuclear power plants, his office
said on Wednesday.<br><br>
The Republican from Irvine in Orange County, who has failed to get the
state legislature to lift a ban on new nuclear power plants, needs to get
signatures of 500,000 registered voters. To ensure those signatures can
be validated, he wants to collect 1 million.<br><br>
In 1976, California banned construction of new nuclear power plants until
"there exists a demonstrated technology for the permanent disposal
of spent fuel," according to the California Energy
Commission.<br><br>
In February, DeVore introduced a bill to lift the ban, but that bill died
in committee in April. The committee vote was along party lines -- six
Democrats against, three Republicans for.<br><br>
DeVore says he will bring the bill back to the legislature next year, in
addition to working on the ballot initiative.<br><br>
"Modern nuclear power will allow us to add jobs while improving the
environment. There are really no other options capable of generating the
large amounts of power we need," DeVore said.<br><br>
Proponents of nuclear power argue that it is better for the environment
than other sources because it does not emit carbon dioxide, a greenhouse
gas linked to global warming.<br><br>
Opponents fear dangerous accidents and say there is no safe way to
dispose of the spent fuel.<br><br>
California last year passed an ambitious law requiring the state to cut
greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020, to levels not seen since
1990.<br><br>
DeVore wants to get his measure on the June ballot but may have to delay
until November 2008. He said he prefers June to avoid competing for
attention during the presidential election.<br><br>
California has two working nuclear power plants, both in place before the
1976 ban. Those plants along with imported nuclear power -- mainly from
Arizona -- account for about 14 percent of the electricity the state
consumes.<br><br>
No new U.S. nuclear power plants have been ordered since 1978, the year
before the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania.<br><br>
DeVore said a draft of his initiative mentions dry cask storage of spent
nuclear fuel as a solution to the waste issue. He said such storage --
already in use at the two California plants -- can keep the spent fuel
for at least 100 years, when a long-term storage site or other solution
can be found.<br>
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