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More Democrats Supporting Nuclear Energy

By Eric McErlain
From Sunday's edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette (archive link not available):
A core group of Iowa Democrats deserves praise for rejecting decades-old stereotypes about nuclear power and coming out strongly in favor of expansion of nuclear energy in the United States. Their involvement should help bolster support for nuclear energy, and possibly even lead someday to a new Iowa nuclear plant — and the great-paying jobs and substantial capital investment that would come with it.

That nuclear energy is on the cusp of a resurgence has been apparent since President Bush made nuclear expansion a key part of his energy policy. And while that energy bill attracted some Democratic support, many Democrats have always been wary of nuclear energy because of the party’s close association with environmentalists who generally despise nuclear power.

When the national Clean and Safe Energy Coalition was launched in spring, it was a good bet that its early inroads would be with Republicans, even though it intended to be a bipartisan group. Yet when coalition co-chairman Patrick Moore stopped in Palo on Thursday at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, the roomful of coalition members had a distinctly Democratic flavor.
The tide is turning. To join the CASEnergy Coalition, click here.

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Anonymous said…
Hi,

Who were the democrats anyways or do they prefer their support to remain anonymous?

Gunter, NIRS
October 10, 2006 at 10:29 AM
David Bradish said…
According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette paper only one name was mentioned. From the article, the main person who rallied the Dems was Rep. Phil Wise, D-Keokuk. Here's the link (pdf).

Also, here's a list of the individuals on the CASE Coalition where you can find the rest of the names. I counted 12 state representatives from Iowa. It doesn't state which party each person belongs to though. But you could assume they are all Dems since the article has a sentence that the Reps are not yet on the roster.
October 10, 2006 at 1:37 PM
Anonymous said…
The FDR Democratic Club in Los Angeles, an official Party club organized by the LaRouche Youth Movement (LYM), is supporting nuclear power. Ninety people attended a club meeting Sept. 14 to hear the featured speaker, Ken Schultz from General Atomics, who, in the words of one LYM member gave a "refutation of every myth known to man concerning nuclear energy."

The LYM website has many basic articles on nuclear energy.

Note to blog author: My last comment on Albert Wohlstetter the antinuke never got posted. Was it received?
October 10, 2006 at 5:16 PM
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