Washington Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Initiative (2018)
| Washington Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Nuclear issues | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Initiative was not put on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have prohibited the operation of a nuclear power plant until the State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council finds that the following criteria had been met: (1) the federal government has a high-level radioactive waste repository which is prepared to accept waste; (2) the plant is cost-effective; and (3) the plant can withstand relevant earthquake risks.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title is:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 904 concerns nuclear-fueled power plants.
This measure would prohibit operation of nuclear-fueled power plants until there is a federally licensed and available disposal site for high-level radioactive waste, and plant operations are determined cost-effective and can withstand earthquakes. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary is:[1]
| “ | This measure would prohibit nuclear-fueled thermal power plants from operation until the State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council finds, through an evidentiary proceeding: (1) that the United States government has licensed a repository for high-level radioactive waste which is prepared to accept such waste; (2) that a nuclear-fuel plant is cost-effective as defined by law; and (3) that the plant can withstand relevant seismic risks. The measure would apply to the existing Columbia Generating Station.[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
To make the 2018 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the Legislature were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by December 29, 2017.[3] If certified, initiatives are sent to the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate for consideration. The legislature chooses whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2018 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.
Peggy Maze Johnson filed the initiative with the secretary of state's office on March 9, 2017. The initiative received a ballot title and summary on March 21, 2017.[1]
Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the December 29, 2017, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[4]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the Legislature - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, "Telephone correspondence with the Washington secretary of state's office," January 2, 2018
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