NEIS IL ACTION ALERT

[Beyond Nuclear is posting this NEIS action alert as a courtesy to our tireless allies on the ground in Illinois. If you reside in IL, please take direct action below, and spread the word to everyone you know.

If you don’t live in IL, please alert everyone you know there, and urge them to take action, below.]

NEIS ACTION ALERT – UPDATE 10/15/25

GOV. PRITZKER AND LEGISLATURE BACK NEW ILLINOIS NUKES

Still time to take action!

Urge the Governor, elected officials to oppose any legislation language

that would repeal our remaining nuclear construction moratorium

Fall Legislative Session dates: Oct. 14-16; 28-30

Greetings Safe-energy Champions –

The Fall Legislative Session has begun with no action yet on the proposed moratorium repeal. So – there’s still time to contact the Governor and your state legislators to tell them, in no uncertain terms – no new nuclear plants in Illinois; preserve the nuclear moratorium!

The bill containing the proposed moratorium repeal language has been folded into SB25, House Amendment 2. (a bill about swimming facility safety, of course…what else)  The moratorium repeal language change is found on page 534, and would result in allowining construction of LARGE and so-called ADVANCED nuclear power plants.  Unfortunately, this omnibus bill also contains many positive energy programs that the environmental community wants, making full opposition to this bill undesirable.

More reactors means more radioactive waste, threaten the CEJA the renewable energy goals; and create further bottlenecks constricting renewables access to the already overcrowded and antiquated transmission grid.  And of course – these reactors would ultimately be paid for by YOU, the ratepayer and taxpayer, through rate hikes and future expected subsidies.

So once again, it’s up to us – you and NEIS – to stop this nuclear juggernaut.

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO STOP THE PRO-NUCLEAR FORCES FROM SABOTAGING RENEWABLES AND INCREASING THE RADIOACTIVE WASTE HAZARD!

THE MESSAGE FOR YOUR OFFICIALS AND ENVIRO COLLEAGUES:

1. OPPOSE AND REMOVE any bill language promoting nuclear moratorium repeal or new nuclear plants.
2. Call for the creation of a “citizens nuclear oversight panel,” using as an initial template HB5630 from the 2024 Legislative session, introduced by Rep. Lilian Jimenez.
3. Call for creation of just transition legislation to protect reactor communities and workers from the economic disruption of eventual nuclear plant closure.
4. Support the CEJA goals of more renewables, efficiency, energy storage and improved transmission found in the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, SB25.
5. If you are a member of an environmental, E/J or consumer organization, ask that group to publicly endorse these goals, and oppose nuclear moratorium repeal.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: SESSION HAS BEGUN. ACT NOW!!

1.)   Contact your state Rep and Senator , using the messages above.  Find yours and get contact info by clicking this link, and following the instructions.  Be polite, but assertive:  Let them know that Illinois’ energy future is extremely important to you, and that you don’t want any new nuclear to be a part of it.

2.)   Deluge Governor Pritzker’s Comments page on his website, or send a letter to him in Springfield and Chicago, letting him know that you do not want more nuclear plants in Illinois’ energy future.

Ph: 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831     Chicago: Phone: 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122

Given the constant changes, do it all again!  Visit the NEIS website for more details, NEIS’ testimony, and arguments against the Moratorium repeal and SMNRs.  Share this with friends and family, and ask them to take action too.

The remaining days of the Legislative Session are Oct. 16, and then Oct. 28-30.  Legislators will be back home the week of Oct. 20-24.  It’s your change to go to their office, and tell them what you want:  NO moratorium repeal!

Thanks in advance for your efforts.  Be well, keep on doing.

–Your Safe-Energy NEIS Team–

GOV. PRITZKER SAMPLE LANGUAGE: (cut and paste into your e-messages; send to addresses on his contact page.)

   I write to urge you:  do NOT sign any legislation that allows for more nuclear plants in Illinois, or repeals the nuclear moratorium.

   You have reportedly said, “I’m hell-bent on removing the moratorium on new nuclear energy production.”  This enormous mistake jeopardizes the goals of CEJA, while threatening the health and safety of the public, the economy and the environment.

   Recent Trump Administration Executive Orders 1.) eviscerate the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff and authority; 2.) put hasty nuclear construction before safety; 3.) further restrict public input in new reactor building.  NRC also seeks to weaken public radiation exposure standards. Trump recently gutted the nation’s radioactive waste review board. The DOE is proposing the use of weapons-usable plutonium in future reactor fuel rods.

    All this while no solutions are proposed for radioactive waste disposal; just transitions for nuclear communities; and transmission connection for renewables.

   Clearly, with this reduction in nuclear safety, now is NOT the time for more nuclear plants. Preserve Illinois nuclear moratorium.

Thank you for your consideration.

—

David A. Kraft, Director

3411 W. Diversey #13

Chicago, IL  60647

(773)342-7650

[email protected]

www.neis.org

SKYPE address:  davekhamburg

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