NEIS alert against new reactors in IL–take action ASAP!

If you live in Illinois, please take direct action as soon as possible!

If you do not, please spread word about this alert to everyone you know who does reside in Illinois!

NEIS is sending a delegation to the IL state capital, in Springfield, to speak out against the legislation.

See the Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), immediately below.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:   CAN’T WAIT; IT MUST BE DONE NOW!!

1.)   Contact your state Rep and Senator , urging him/her to 1.) vote against HB3604 (and 3603); and SB1527 when they come up.  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 extremely important  to you, and that you don’t want 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; and to support the CEJA goals of more renewables, efficiency, energy storage and improved transmission instead.

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

 

NEIS ACTION ALERT – IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED ONCE MORE!

NEIS CONTINUES THE FIGHT AGAINST NEW ILLINOIS REACTORS!

Urge elected officials to oppose HB3604, HB3603, SB1527, and SB1538

which would repeal our remaining nuclear construction moratorium

Greetings All –

They’re baaaaaccckkk!!!!!!!! Nuclear advocates want MORE reactors in Illinois!!

Bills in the Illinois House and Senate would repeal the remaining moratorium on construction of LARGE and so-called ADVANCED nuclear power plants; and redefine small modular nuclear reactors (SMNRs) as “renewable energy.”  This moratorium was enacted in 1987 to help force the Federal Government to finally create a disposal facility for high-level radioactive wastes (HLRW) – which it still has not done.  New reactors of any kind would only add to the 11,000+ tons of HLRW already produced and currently stored at nuclear plant sites throughout Illinois – with no place to go for disposal.  Defining nuclear reactors as “renewable energy” (SB1538) is language straight out of Orwell’s “1984,” but would make SMNRs eligible for access to genuine renewables funding and transmission access over real RENEWABLE energy sources.

Not only would more reactors irresponsibly produce more radioactive wastes, they would threaten the renewable energy goals found in the 2022 CEJA legislation; and create further bottlenecks for renewables to gain access to the already overcrowded and antiquated transmission grid by competing for access.  And of course – these reactors would ultimately be paid for by YOU, the ratepayer and taxpayer, through rate hikes and subsidies.

At present there is bi-partisan support for this repeal in both the House and the Senate. And Governor Pritzker has stated,

“We’re looking forward to having a bill that comes to my desk that will allow us to expand the options for nuclear in the state of Illinois,” Pritzker said last week. “But it has to be done in the right way, and I think the legislature and my team are working together to make sure that that happens.” [1]

It’s up to us – you and NEIS – to change his mind.

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

Safe-energy and environmental activists need to contact your rep and senator, and call on them to oppose these pro-nuclear plans!

WHAT YOU CAN DO:   CAN’T WAIT; IT MUST BE DONE NOW!!

1.)   Contact your state Rep and Senator , urging him/her to 1.) vote against HB3604 (and 3603); and SB1527 when they come up.  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 extremely important  to you, and that you don’t want 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; and to support the CEJA goals of more renewables, efficiency, energy storage and improved transmission instead.

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

Visit the NEIS website for more details, NEIS’ testimony, and arguments against the Moratorium repeal and SMNRs.

The Legislative Session is scheduled to end by May 31; but action is expected before then.  Quite literally, your actions will determine whether the energy future of Illinois will be nuclear or renewable.

Thanks in advance for your efforts.  We can win this one, but only if we are as relentless as the nuclear industry.

NOTE:

[1]  Clock ticks on lifting Illinois’ nuclear moratorium as environmental groups want a say,  by Cesar Toscano —  IPM News,  May 12, 2025