Here’s a state by state rundown on nuclear legislative and regulatory battles. There is also a link to recent news for the state.
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Alabama:
Legislation:
Not known
Regulatory:
COL: Belefonte 3 & 4
Arizona:
Legislation:
An attempt to redefine nuclear energy as a renewable energy source has failed.
Bill Would Stop Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon National Park
Regulatory:
The NRC has reduced its monitoring of Palo Verde which has suffered from years of mechanical failures.
Palo Verde nuclear renewal license available
Conservation groups challenge uranium mining threat to Colorado River(Grand Canyon)
California:
Legislation:
Republican led attempt to overturn state ban on nuclear development has failed the last two years.
New legislation attempting to bypass state law and open up a proposed reactor near Fresno has been introduced.
Current legislative alerts
Regulatory:
Diablo Canyon given the right to store spent fuel onsite.
Legal:
California files brief opposing DOE’s attempt to covertly transport most of the country’s spent nuclear fuel through California on its way to Yucca Mountain.
Other issues:
Perchlorate cleanup battle at Rocketdyne and continued UC contracts overseeing LANL and LLBL.
Active Groups:
Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
Tri-Valley Cares
Committee to Bridge the Gap
Recent News
Florida:
Legislation:
Proposed legislation to redefine renewable energy as clean energy;
Proposed legislation to role back CWIP;
Proposed legislation to expedite nuclear reactor siting.
CWIP (passed 2007)
Regulatory:
COL: Levy County I & II
Active Groups:
Georgia:
Legislation:
CWIP legislation for Vogtle passed
Regulatory:
COL: Vogtle 3 & 4
Idaho:
Legtislation:
Commissioners say ‘No’ to rezoning for nuclear plant
Regulatory:
NRC Accepts Areva Application for Uranium Enrichment Facility in Idaho
Major stories:
Kuwait waste in Idaho is one of Time’s “underreported news stories” of the year
Reactor Deveopment: Expert:Â Idaho nuclear plant unlikely this decade
Firm behind nuke plant millions in debt
Other Major Issues:
Idaho Naltional Labs (DOE)
Illinois:
Legislation:
Attempt to overturn the state’s reactor construction moratorium.
Regulatory:
Active Groups: NEIS
Kansas:
Legislation:
Passed legislation ??promote nuclear development
Kentucky:
Legislation:
stealth repeal moratorium failed
Maryland:
Legislation:
not known
Regulatory:
COL: Calvert Cliffs 3
Legal:
Active Groups:
Michigan:
Legislation:
none known
Regulatory:
COL: Fermi 3
Minnesota:
Legislation:
proposed nuclear repeal of nuclear development moratorium failed.
Missouri:
Legislation:
proposal to give CWIP for Ameren’s Callaway 2 reactor
Regulatory:
COL: Callaway 2
Other issues:
Cleanup at several old weapons sites
New York:
Legislation:
none known
Regulatory:
Indian Point relicensing
COL: 9
Mile Point 3 (withdrawn?)
Active Groups:
RiverKeeper
IPSEC
North Carolina:
Legislation:
none known
Regulatory:
Active Groups:
Oklahoma:
Legislation:
Passed support to help finance outside development of reactors
Pennsylvania:
Legislation:
None known
Regulatory:
COL: River Bend
Other Issues:
Active Groups: TMI Alert Inc.
South Carolina:
Legislation:
Proposed legislation to redefine reprocessing and nuclear as renewable failed;
CWIP legislation passed last year
Regulatory:
COL: Virgil Summer WS Lee III 1 & 2
News:Â NRC Virgil Summer COL extension
SC regulators deny appeal over nuclear reactors
Other Issues:
Savannah River Site and closure of Barnwell LLW facility to non-compact states and has 7 state reactors (SCE&G)
Texas:
Legislation:
none known
Regulatory:
COL: Commanche Peak 3 & 4Â South Texas 3 & 4 Victoria County 1 & 2
Utah:
Legislation:
Lobby by Energy Solutions to split income from inporting foreign wastes
Washington:
Legislation:
None Known
Legal: Lawsuit in place against Hanford cleanup
Other Issues:
EEOICP battle at Hanford along with cleanup
West Virginia:
Legislation:
Legislation to open the state to nuclear development (status unknown)
Wisconsin:
Legislation:
introduced to pull current moratorium
Active Groups:
Nukewatch
Vermont:
Legislation:
Passed: expanded decommissioning security bill passed by house
Regulatory:
Vermont Department of Health was caught trying increase the state’s 20mrem exposure limits to 34mrem;
NRC and Entergy attempting to relicense Vermont Yankee
Active Groups:
CAN nukebusters.org; nukebusters@nukebusters.org,
New England Coalition necnp@necnp.org,
Safe and Green rkehler@crocker.com,
VYDA www.vyda.org; debra@vtlink.net,
Nuclear Free VT www.nuclearfreevermont.org; ema@sover.net,
VPIRG vpirg.org
Virginia:
Legislation:
uranium mining investigation report pushed
Regulatory:
COL: North Anna 3
Legal: Block on misuse of Anna water