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ACT TODAY TO STOP MORE TAXPAYER LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NEW REACTORS AND

DIRTY, DANGEROUS REPROCESSING PROGRAMS

April 17, 2009

Dear Friends,

The U.S. Senate adopted two amendments to President Obama's budget that

can and must be defeated.

Both amendments were offered by Sen. Crapo (R-Idaho). One would (once

again!) set the stage for Congress to provide $50 Billion in taxpayer loan

guarantees for construction of new nuclear reactors. The other would encourage

taxpayer funding for dangerous and dirty radioactive waste reprocessing

programs--despite the fact that the Obama Administration is just beginning a

re-evaluation of U.S. radioactive waste policy.

Fortunately, these amendments can be defeated in the House-Senate

conference committee that will take place next week.

Please take action now to ensure defeat of these amendments!

Individuals: please _send a letter to your Representative here_

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friends and colleagues.

Organizations: please _sign on to a group letter here_

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Please note, this letter is for organizations only--please sign only if you are

authorized to sign on behalf of an organization or business. Please sign

on by 9 pm, Monday, April 20.

A little more background: in the byzantine world of the federal budget

process, the budget bill does not actually provide money for the federal

budget. Rather, it provides parameters in which the Congressional appropriators

have to operate. Thus, these amendments do not fund these programs at this

time--but if they stay in the Budget Resolution, they will make it much

easier for nuclear supporters to fund these programs later in the year.

And, of course, the nuclear industry and its supporters are going to be

trying for more taxpayer money throughout the Congressional session.

But we beat them in February, and with your help, we can beat them again

now and throughout the session. Please take action today.

And we are now preparing for a National Grassroots Call-In Day, which

likely will be in mid-May. Watch for our Alerts on this important effort!

Thanks for all you do,

Michael Mariotte

Executive Director

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

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