Presidential candidates state nuclear energy positions
News recently has been released about the nuclear power positions of Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore:
- The Resources for the Future website (http://www.rff.org/) has an online article about the positions of Bush and Gore. According to RFF, "The two major-party candidates offer their views on a wide range of environmental policy topics in a question-and-answer session in the Fall 2000 issue of 'Resources,' RFF's quarterly publication. The current issue also includes details of a new proposal from RFF researchers to help contain the costs of complying with the Kyoto Protocol..." This article is a pdf file, at: http://www.rff.org/resources_archive/pdf_files/141_candidates.pdf. A press release about this article is at http://www.rff.org/news/releases/resources_fall2000.htm.
- A recent AP story also describes the positions of Bush and Gore relating to nuclear power: http://www.boston.com/dailynews/290/politics/Candidates_on_the_issues_NucleP.shtml.
- A news story says that Bush/Cheney favor the EPA standards rather than the NRC regulations for Yucca Mountain. It is at: http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Oct-25-Wed-2000/news/14680806.html.
