The curtain has finally and unequivocally been ripped back: Gov. JB Pritzker is all-in on new nuclear. Pritzker released Executive Order 2026-01 Executive Order To Accelerate New Safe Nuclear Power Generation In Illinois – the final missing element of a plan for a more nuclear-reliant Illinois, dating back to the two-part repeal of Illinois’ nuclear […]
David Kraft
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Illinois, don’t be nuclear bamboozled
Since 2020, nuclear advocates have incessantly touted nuclear power’s benefits the way adolescents choose a first car: if it’s red, fast, and a convertible – that’s it! Cost? Don’t worry, “someone” will pay for it. Insurance? What could possibly go wrong? Maintenance? What could break? Alternatives? But, it’s red! And I NEED it! This pro-nuclear […]
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Beware the nuclear industry bearing gifts
Most people are familiar with the story of the Trojan Horse – the “gift” that disguised destruction, at least for Troy. When legislators reconvene in the fall veto session, they will be confronted with a legislative Trojan Horse called SB76 – a pro-nuclear power bill which Gov. Pritzker wisely vetoed this past spring. Nuclear advocates want this […]
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Governor should veto lifting nuclear moratorium
While deserved attention has been given to the dreadful “right of first refusal” energy bill that Gov. Pritzker has vowed to veto, a second energy bill – repeal of the 1987 Illinois nuclear construction moratorium (SB76) – has all but vanished from radar. Yet this bill’s implications for Illinois’ energy future may be far greater […]
