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US / Illinois Governor Defends Veto Of Nuclear Bill, Confirms He Supports Small Modular Reactors

By John Adkins
4 September 2023

JB Pritzker says cost of large-scale nuclear plants is prohibitive

Illinois Governor Defends Veto Of Nuclear Bill, Confirms He Supports Small Modular Reactors
JB Pritzker with former US president Barck Obama.
The Democratic governor of Illinois has defended his veto of bipartisan legislation aimed at ending the state's moratorium on nuclear plant construction, saying vague definitions in the bill will open the door to the proliferation of large-scale nuclear reactors that are “so costly to build that they will cause exorbitant ratepayer-funded bailouts”.

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