Nuclear power revisited in state (California)

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/04/04/MNGV0P2AV91.DTL&type=politics

(04-04) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -- A small but growing movement to promote nuclear power construction, dormant for three decades, is working to overturn the state's ban on new reactors as worries about climate change have softened voters' opposition to new plants.

A legislator from Southern California has introduced a bill to lift the state's ban on new nuclear power plants. The bill would give a boost to plans by investors to bring nuclear power to the heart of the San Joaquin Valley.

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, says lifting the moratorium on new nuclear power plants even before the federal government builds a permanent storage facility for spent fuel rods is necessary to meet the state's demand for power.

A revival of nuclear power, which doesn't burn fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases, also will help in the fight against global warming, he said.

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