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| | Energy Bill S. 2095: Still Bad - NIRS |
 | | While proponents of S 2095, the Energy Policy Act of 2003, claim that this bill costs less money than its earlier version (HR 6), it still subsidizes already-established energy technologies, like nuclear, while ignoring renewable energy which is a necessary part of our energy policy. |
 | | Requirement of NRC to license uranium enrichment facilities within 2 years, removal of environmental justice from the licensing criteria, reclassification of depleted uranium (UF6) as “low-level” radioactive waste, all of which benefits Louisiana Energy Services, which wants to build a new uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico. |
 | | Meanwhile, a short-sighted S. 2095 fails in a necessary area: renewable energy. |
| www.nirs.org /factsheets/s2095factsheet.htm (466 words) |
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