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Nuclear Energy Not Renewable, says Utilities Committee

Date: February 16, 2010
By: Nick Berry
State Capitol Bureau
Links: HB 1851

Intro:  Rebuttal after rebuttal caused a Missouri representative to throw out his proposal to the House Utility committee, to add nuclear power to the list of renewable energy sources.
RunTime:  0:40
OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: Only hours after President Obama dedicated 8 billion dollars to build a nuclear plant in Georgia, the house utility committee blocked a bill that would include nuclear power part of Missouri's renewable energy plan.

The public passed Proposition C in 2008 which requires energy companies to generate higher percentages of renewable energy every year. 

Democratic committee member Jake Zimmerman from St. Louis County says adding nuke energy is not in the spirit of the proposition.

Actuality:  ZIMMER2.WAV
Run Time:  00:05
Description: "What you're talking about here is directly repealing something that the citizens of Missouri passed."

For those who want Proposition C to cover nuclear power, it's back to the drawing board.

From the state Capitol, I'm Nick Berry.

Intro:  On the same day President Obama pledged 8 billion dollars for nuclear energy, the House Utilities Committee stopped a bill that would define nuclear power as a renewable energy source.
RunTime:  0:34
OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: Republican Representative Jerry Nolte from Gladstone plans to withdraw a bill adding nuclear power to the list of renewable energy sources.

Actuality:  NOLTE2.WAV
Run Time:  00:11
Description: "Not putting nuclear under the umbrella of renewable, just making it an add-on to be able to open and continue the discussion on various sources of energy."

The bill would have modified Proposition C which requires energy companies to use a higher percentage of renewable energy each year.

Nolte says he plans to work with House Democrats to increase Missouri's nuclear portfolio.

From the state Capitol, I'm Nick Berry.