Today the Iowa House is scheduled to debate whether Iowa should build a nuclear energy plant. House File 561 establishes the regulatory construct and regulatory certainty that is needed for Iowa to attract the significant capital required for a nuclear facility.
Read the Bill Summary here and the Amendment Summary here.
Nuclear power plants run on
Uranium–U-238 wich has a
Half-life of 4.47 billion years, nuclear energy requires “ongoing operating expenses, and decommissioning expenses, includ-ing storage or disposal of used nuclear fuel.” While the Yucca
Mountain facility has been built
to store the waste, it’s
currently not being used as
policy makers determine whether
or not the facility provides safe
long-term containment. There is currently no known safe place to store the waste.
“I think this is a huge step for
Iowa,” and our future generations
taxpayers for the next 4.47 billion years.
Veto The Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Einstein said, “The splitting of
the atom changed everything save
man’s mode of thinking; thus we
drift towards unparalleled
catastrophe.” He also said,
“Nuclear power is a hell of a way
to boil water.”
IOWA HAS REGULATIONS ON FUELS AND SHOULD BAN SOME FROM USE
a diversity of the types of fuel used to generate electricity,
2 the availability and reliability of fuel supplies, and the impact of the volatility of fuel costs.
? 3. the enviromental safety of the fuel (MOX FUEL SHOULD BE BANNED)
? 4. is to be used for peaceful purposes (NO PLUTONIUM BOMBS)
5.Iowa Administrative CodeS…..
Iowa Administrative Code/Public Health Department [641]/Chapter 38 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR RADIATION…
641—38.1
Iowa Administrative Code/Public Health Department [641]/Chapter 39 REGISTRATION OF RADIATION MACHINE…
Iowa Administrative Code/Public Health Department [641]/Chapter 40 STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST…RADIATION
78th General Assembly/HF/00700/HF00740/HF 740 … the restructuring of the electric utility industry by ..