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Tue, Apr 10, 2007 -- 10:00 AM

Nuclear Power Revisited
The show looks at a movement to revive nuclear power plant construction in California. California Assembly Bill AB 719 would repeal a current state law that bans the construction of new nuclear power plants in California until the federal government provides a permanent storage facility for spent fuel rods.

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Host: Dave Iverson

Guests:

  • Chuck Devore, assemblyman (R-70th District of California) and author of AB 719

  • John Hutson, president and CEO of the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group, LLC

  • Loni Hancock, assemblywoman (D-14th District of California) and chair of the Committee on Natural Resources

  • Per Peterson, professor and former chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley

  • Ralph Cavanagh, co-director of the Energy Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council

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