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Alert to Congress: Nuclear evacuation may bog down

Salt Lake Tribune

Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking residents from outside the official evacuation zone might jam the roads and prevent others from escaping.

Utah Senate spikes hot-button nuclear power bill

Salt Lake Tribune

 Senators killed a controversial bill Friday to give a boost, with help from electric ratepayers, to Utah’s first proposed nuclear power plant.

Privatizing profits

Salt Lake Tribune

 Two great ideas being promoted in our Utah Legislature concern socializing cost and privatizing profit. This form of theft from the taxpayer or ratepayer must not be allowed:

Radioactive-waste oversight legislation advances

Salt Lake Tribune

A radioactive waste oversight bill passed the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee unanimously Friday.

Connecting the dots: Utah considers copying Florida's blunder ...

Salt Lake Tribune

Our editorial about a bad bill that has been proposed in Utah:

Nuclear speculation: SB199 would shift risk to ratepayers — Salt Lake Tribune Editorial