AM 1240 WJON » Ellen Anderson http://wjon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 02:34:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Minnesota Senate Takes Step Toward New Nuclear Power http://wjon.com/minnesota-senate-takes-step-toward-new-nuclear-power/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-senate-takes-step-toward-new-nuclear-power/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:36:17 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6705 The Minnesota Senate has approved legislation giving energy regulators authority to issue permits for new nuclear power plants. Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch says the bill wouldn't lead to immediate construction of a plant. It would get rid of a 17-year-old moratorium on consideration of nuclear energy facilities.

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