A Message from Rochelle

Great strides have been made in the past two months towards our goal of addressing the future of nuclear power. Both the CEC and the state legislature are beginning to question whether it is in the best interest of Californians to continue down a nuclear path for future energy needs.

Current licenses end in the 2020s and with determination, and armed with facts, our state will be the first to ban license renewal based on firm cost/benefit/risk analyses and the absence of a safe permanent waste facility.

No other state has taken this step. It will be a hard political fight, but with your help we will accomplish our goal to end the production and limit the storage of high-level radioactive waste on our fragile coast.

CEC's 2005 Report states: "The state should evaluate the long-term implications associated with the continuing accumulation of spent fuel at California's operating plants, including a case-by-case evaluation of public safety and ratepayer costs of on-site interim storage [and transport] of spent nuclear fuel vs transporting spent fuel offsite for interim storage."

For a copy of the complete report CEC 2005 Draft Integrated Energy Report

Rochelle Becker, Executive Director Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
www.a4nr.org
(858) 337 2703