Governors Express Opposition to Spent Fuel Provision in Energy and Water Appropriations Development Bill

Date: August 2, 2006

Source: Coalition of Northeastern Governors

The Coalition of Northeastern Governors (www.coneg.org) is protesting a U.S. Senate spending bill that would create temporary storage facilities in their states for spent nuclear fuel. A provision in the bill takes money paid by electricity ratepayers for a centralized nuclear waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada and diverts it to create temporary storage facilities in 31 states. Some members of the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved the bill said they will seek to remove this provision before the legislation passes.
For a copy of the letter view: www.coneg.org/reports/corr/ee060802.pdf.

For more information visit: www.coneg.org.

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