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STOP THE MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT!

IT'S YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ADD TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR NEW REACTORS AND

ENCOURAGE REPROCESSING

ACTING TOGETHER, QUICKLY, WE CAN DEFEAT IT!

May 12, 2009

Dear Friends,

Like father, like daughter....Sen. Lisa Murkowski (daughter of former Sen.

Energy Comm. Chairman and avowed nuclear supporter Frank Murkowski)

intends to submit an amendment to the Senate Energy Bill tomorrow--Wednesday,

May

13--before the Senate Energy Committee. This amendment is yet another

nuclear industry attempt to increase taxpayer subsidies for new nuclear

reactor construction and to institute reprocessing of radioactive waste before

the Obama administration can conduct its re-evaluation of our nation's failed

radioactive waste policies.

This amendment is unnecessary and dangerous, and must be defeated.

And we believe it can be defeated--with your help. _Please send a letter

in opposition to the Murkowski Amendment to your Senators here._

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Then, quickly ask your friends and colleagues to send letters too and help

spread the word across the country!

And, if you get a second, call your Senators as well, at 202-224-3121.

While not every Senator is on the Energy Committee of course, and thus

won't be voting on the amendment at this time, we're targeting every Senator

with our message as part of our broader and ongoing campaign to educate the

Senate and stop taxpayer subsidies for the nuclear industry.

Thank you for acting (yet again!--and it won't be the last time this

year....).

Brief update: Last week, the Senate Energy Committee voted 18-5 against

Sen. Bernie Sanders' entirely sensible amendment to limit the Clean Energy

Bank from using more than 20% of its money on any single energy technology.

This is a clear indication that this " Clean Energy Bank " is intended to fund

primarily expensive dirty energy projects like nuclear power and " clean "

coal. We will keep you posted when this reaches the Senate floor and there

is another opportunity to make your views known.

Thanks for all you do,

Michael Mariotte

Executive Director

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

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