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Kentucky Senate ‘s Bill to lift moratorium on construction of nuclear plants

Senators Debate Lifting Decades Old Ky. Nuclear Moratorium By , 29  14 A Senate bill aimed at exploring the feasibility of nuclear power in the Bluegrass sparked debate in committee Wednesday.For thirty years, the General Assembly has had a moratorium on any nuclear plant construction without a plan for permanent waste disposal. The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy has now passed a bill that would lift the moratorium and, proponents argue, allow energy companies to investigate the potential benefits of nuclear power.

Tom Fitzgerald with the Kentucky Resources Council says all of the nuclear plants operating the U.S. are currently housing their waste on site and no permanent solution has been identified. He cautions against moving ahead without a plan.

“The issue is do we lift the moratorium and send a signal to the electric power industry that you don’t need to worry about waste disposal, or do we wait until there is a strategy in place to manage these very problematic wastes before we give the green light to new nuclear construction,” Fitzgerald argues…….http://wuky.org/post/senators-debate-lifting-decades-old-ky-nuclear-moratorium

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