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“All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.” Ronald Reagan
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Maybe so. But who would want to sit at that desk?
The House, only moments ago, defeated an amendment to the House Omnibus Energy Bill, offered by Rep. Faust, DFL, to repeal the state’s moratorium on granting nuclear power plant certificates. The vote was 60-72.
The debate lasted almost an hour. The telling points seemed to be three: 1. What will we do with the waste? 2. Nuclear power plants are expensive and pollute water sources, usually rivers, with heat. 3. Should we follow the path laid down in the past toward our energy future or should we create a new path with renewables and a different conception about electrical use, e.g. more conservation, distributed production.
This defeat means the Omnibus Energy conference committee will not have both houses of the legislature in agreement on this issue. The repeal passed as an amendment on the Senate floor. The conference committee will, therefore, have to consider the repeal. This is not over yet.
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