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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Sustainable OKC has not adopted
an official stance on this issue. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>On Tuesday, February 17th, 2008, the
Oklahoma State House of Representatives will consider two dangerous NUCLEAR
energy bills in its Energy and Utilities Regulation Committee, in Room 432A of
the State Capitol at 1:30 p.m. </span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>On
the agenda is HB 1320 "The Affordable Clean Energy Act", introduced
by Representative Mike Reynolds (R-Oklahoma City), which streamlines the
application and permitting process for nuclear energy facilities in Oklahoma
through the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. While the federal Nuclear
Regulatory Commission would continue to have primary oversight in the siting
and approval of permits for any potential nuclear facility in Oklahoma, the
Corporation Commission would be the exclusive reviewing agency for state
approval of such an application, including review of environmental impacts.
More importantly, HB 1320 authorizes the Corporation Commission to establish
rules for utilities to recover their costs for the planning, design,
construction and operation of such a nuclear facility, EVEN IF THE FACILITY IS
NOT COMPLETED! Such an egregious process of forcing the rate-payers to eat the
costs of a dangerous, expensive nuclear facility MUST be defeated!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>See
HB 1320 </span><a
href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Second
on the agenda is HB 1750 "The Nuclear Energy Incentives Act",
introduced by Representative Scott Martin (R-Norman), which is a shell bill set
forth to guarantee that the chamber considers such incentives during this
session. The committee will likely strike the title to the bill, which requires
further consideration of the subject, as it relates to incentives. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>This
will be the first and best opportunity for the public to oppose the adoption of
nuclear energy in Oklahoma and providing investments to an industry that
remains dangerous to the public and outrageously expensive to consumers of
electricity across the state. We must be vigilant in informing our elected
officials of the need for investment in viable, home-grown renewable energy
resources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Please
ATTEND the committee meeting at 1:30 p.m. in Room 432A of the State Capitol on
Tuesday, February 17th, 2008, and contact YOUR elected officials regarding the
following facts about nuclear:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The
average cost of constructing and permitting for ONE new generation nuclear
facility is estimated between $5 BILLION and $12 BILLION. This estimation
does not take into consideration the cost to taxpayers of existing
subsidies provided for the nuclear industry by the federal
government! </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>According to
the Congressional Research Service, the nuclear industry has cost
taxpayers $66 billion in research and development subsidies. When no private
insurer would underwrite the risks inherent to a nuclear plant, Congress
passed the Price-Anderson law, which provides billions in taxpayer
subsidized insurance. While this insurance protects the insurance
industry, it offers no guarantee that victims of a nuclear accident would
be fully compensated because the law's compensation limit is far below the
amount of damage that a serious nuclear incident could cause.</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Since
9/11, nuclear energy facilities in the United States have been considered
one of the most dangerous targets for domestic terrorist threats. The
increased costs for security and waste management are not included in the
$5 BILLION to $12 BILLION estimate listed above! </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Every nuclear
reactor generates about 20 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel
and additional low-level radioactive waste per year. The waste can kill at
high doses and cause cancer and birth defects at low doses. Nuclear waste
remains dangerous to humans for 200 thousand years.</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5'><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>An accident at
a coal plant is a problem. An accident at a nuclear plant can be a
disaster. Because human beings operate plants and drive the trucks that
transport nuclear waste, accidents can and will happen. The danger with
nuclear power is that the stakes in accidents are extremely high. Anyone
exposed to radiation leaks or accidents will likely sicken or die from
that exposure. <b>Cleanup costs will be in the billions</b>. Public Citizen
has found that <b>more than 90 percent</b> of the country's reactors have
been in violation of government safety regulations during the last three
years, potentially increasing the risk of accidents.</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Finally, with
the BILLIONS required for the construction, operation, waste disposal, and
security measures related to a nuclear energy facility, enough wind,
solar, and biofuels facilities could be constructed to meet the needs of
Oklahoman electricity consumers AND export energy to energy thirsty
communities in Texas, Kansas, and Colorado! The lasting economic impact
related to investment in these viable forms of home-grown, renewable
energy investment dwarfs the same impact provided by a nuclear energy
facility. Furthermore, the economic, health, and environmental costs posed
by a nuclear facility in Oklahoma negates any minor economic development
impact provided by such a facility.</span></span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR AND VOICE
YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN OKLAHOMA!!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Use the following link to find your
legislator and call them on MONDAY FEBRUARY 16th, 2008.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.capitolconnect.com/oklahoma/default.aspx"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>http://www.capitolconnect.com/oklahoma/default.aspx</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>MAKE
YOUR VOICE HEARD ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE!!!</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> Thank you and I
look forward to seeing you at the Capitol on Tuesday, February 17th, 2008.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Please
feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or concerns.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Robert
"Bud" Scott, J.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Oklahoma
Progress Government Relations, L.L.C.<br>
1533 N.W. 41st Street<br>
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118<br>
405.445.9435<br>
</span><a href="mailto:okprogress@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>okprogress@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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