Don't rush back into nuclear power

Exelon's plan for early decommissioning of its Zion nuclear site has renewed the controversy over nuclear waste and power. Rep. JoAnn Osmond's bill to amend the Public Utilities Act (HR2971) by repealing Illinois' moratorium prohibiting new nuclear reactor construction until a permanent disposal solution is first implemented for their dangerous, long-lived high-level radioactive wastes unnecessarily heightens the controversy.

Why the rush to lift the moratorium when: