Urgent: Act now to stop nuke amendments in budget bill
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Help Stop Pro-Nuke Budget Amendments NOW!
March 31, 2009
They’re at it again! And we have to act again–now!
The U.S. Senate is currently debating President Obama’s FY 2010 budget
on the Senate floor.
A small group of Senators, led by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsay
Graham (R-SC), is preparing to introduce a number of pro-nuclear
amendments intended to support still more subsidies to the nuclear
industry. Other Senators involved are Crapo, Brownback, Voinovich, and
Vitter.
One amendment we’ve seen would allow money to be shifted around in the
budget if the nuclear industry can get $50 billion in new loan
guarantees later. Another would allow money to be shifted around if
pro-nuclear boosters are successful in getting more R&D money for
Generation IV reactors. Another would do the same if construction of a
reprocessing facility were authorized. These amendments are intended
to make it easier for nuclear backers to try again to boost nuclear
spending once the budget bill is enacted.
Please call your Senators–NOW–and urge them to vote against any and
all amendments to the budget bill that would pave the way for
additional nuclear subsidies. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121.
And please send your Senators an e-mail on these amendments by clicking here.
And please help us pay for this ongoing campaign by making your
donation here. Your contributions of any size are gratefully
appreciated, and enable us to continue doing this work.
Spread the word–post this Alert everywhere!
Thanks for all you do,
Michael Mariotte
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
www.nirs.org
nirsnet@nirs.org
