Wednesday, November 12, 10am-12pm. Massachusetts State House, Room 222 and Online.
Section 45 of Governor Maura Healey’s energy bill, H.4144, would repeal a law created by a 1982 citizen-initiated ballot measure that prohibits new nuclear power construction and operation without voter approval and permanent repository for the waste, that doesn’t exist. The governor views that 1982 law as a “major barrier” to promoting untested small modular nuclear reactors [SMRs]. Yet SMRs face technical, economic, regulatory, and supply chain challenges that will not meet state carbon reduction goals in time or reduce consumer costs.
Join Dr. Edwin Lyman, Nuclear Safety Director, Union of Concerned Scientists as he discusses the fact and fiction of small modular reactors.
There is a Microsoft Teams meeting link for those who cannot attend in person. (You must have Microsoft Teams downloaded onto your computer.)
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