Bill to undo moratorium on nuclear plants stalls

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by Stephanie Hemphill, Minnesota Public Radio
March 4, 2010

St. Paul, Minn. — A bill attempting to lift the state's 1994 ban on consideration of new nuclear power plants has hit a roadblock.

A surprise amendment to the legislation in a Senate committee attached some conditions, including the requirement that the federal government solve the nuclear waste problem before Minnesota could build a new plant.

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