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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-038 0( > .-~~ , n n n . RESOLUTION NO. 94-38 Suppomng Legislation to Allow for the Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel by Northern States Power at their Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant WHEREAS, Northern state's Power Company's prairie Island Power Plant has produced safe, low-cost electricity for more than twenty years and consistently ranks as one of the lowest cost, safest, most productive and efficient nuclear plants in the country; and WHEREAS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has repeatedly recognized the prairie Island Plant as one of the best run nuclear facilities in the country; and WHEREAS, if the prairie Island Power Plant is forced to close, the loss of this safe and low-cost base load twelve-hundred mega watt electric generating plant would cost not only NSP customers more in higher rates, but remove an efficient power source from the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) and thereby adversely affect all upper midwest electric consumers; and WHEREAS, the Prairie Island Power Plant contributes substantial annual real estate tax payments, thereby reducing and in some cases eliminating traditional educational and local government aids, and the shut down of this plant with resulting lost tax base would cost the state and other cities and school districts millions of dollars in increased state-aid payments thereby affecting adversely the vast majority of Minnesota taxpayers; and WHEREAS, the Prairie Island Power Plant will reach maximum capacity of its temporary storage facility for spent fuel in 1994 and all necessary permits and approvals from state and Federal regulatory agencies have been obtained so as to allow for the temporary storage of older spent fuel in dry casks, a method safely utilized by at least six other nuclear power plants; and WHEREAS, the Prairie Island Power Plant is located within the City of Red Wing and the City and the vast majority of residents strongly favor approval of state legislation to permit this temporary spent fuel storage and further that the city has requested the support of other cities. ~OiWj'l T~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City council of ~he City of tl wa er that it supports the City of Red Wing'S efforts to seek approval in the legislature to allow on-site temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel from the prairie Island , . r Plant until the U.S. Department of Energy meets its obligations to complete a national high-level permanent waste repository. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the (Citv Administrator/Citv Clerk) is hereby authorized and directed to forward a signed copy of this resolution to the Governor and state legislators representing the City in the state legislature and in like manner notify the City of Red Wing of the city's adoption of this resolution. Adopted ))y the City Council this 15th day of February , ln4. (11~//7~/ ~4 ayor) ATTEST: ~c I..U~ " (Cit'y ~erk-Treasureri n I ,~ ~ III n