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SJM107.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP - Stating findings of the Legislature and
expressing support of the goals of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership,
encouraging the Bush Administration, the United States Congress and the
Department of Energy to commit and provide the funding necessary to
complete the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership initiative, which is
critical to the long-term well-being of the United States, and concurring
that Idaho is the most suitable and preferred site for the Global Nuclear
Energy Partnership and other advanced nuclear and energy security research.
03/01 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/02 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
03/05 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Davis
Title apvd - to House
03/06 House intro - 1st rdg - to Env
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/13 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 56-9-5
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins,
Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henderson,
Jaquet, Kren, Lake, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin,
Mortimer, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Roberts,
Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shirley, Shively,
Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Vander Woude, Wills,
Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Bock, Chavez, Chew, Henbest, Killen, King, LeFavour, Ringo,
Thayn
Absent and excused -- Labrador, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Shepherd(8),
Trail
Floor Sponsor - Mortimer
Title apvd - To Senate
03/14 To enrol
03/15 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/16 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 107
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES
3 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
5 REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
6 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
7 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho
8 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
9 WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of Idaho individually and the United
10 States as a whole to embrace an energy policy that encompasses a diverse array
11 of sources so as to avoid economic dislocations associated with undue reliance
12 on any single domestic or foreign energy source, while also accommodating
13 carbon management concerns; and
14 WHEREAS, it is the formal policy of the United States of America, as
15 delineated in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to include nuclear power in the
16 nation's diverse energy portfolio; and
17 WHEREAS, much of the developing world has already begun an ambitious
18 effort to expand the use of noncarbon emitting nuclear power to supply its
19 rapidly escalating demand for reliable baseload electricity; and
20 WHEREAS, the President of the United States and the United States Depart-
21 ment of Energy (DOE) have determined that this country's national interests
22 are best served by creating an orderly international framework and technology
23 basis to guide the accelerating global expansion of nuclear energy; and
24 WHEREAS, this new framework is embodied in the Global Nuclear Energy Part-
25 nership (GNEP), which seeks to establish an international approach to extend
26 the benefits of abundant nuclear-generated electricity to both the developed
27 and developing worlds, get the most energy possible from one of nature's most
28 energy-dense power sources, create a final waste form requiring management
29 attention for a more limited amount of time, and greatly decrease the poten-
30 tial for misuse of used nuclear fuel; and
31 WHEREAS, the United States DOE has asked communities and states to help
32 identify possible sites wherein the enabling technologies behind the full
33 realization of GNEP can be thoroughly examined and proven; and
34 WHEREAS, community leaders in eastern Idaho have come together to identify
35 sites in response to the DOE's request for help, realizing no other state in
36 the nation has the proud nuclear legacy of Idaho, where usable electricity
37 from the atom was first generated, breeder technology was first proven, life-
38 saving medical and industrial isotopes can and have been produced and fifty-
39 two remarkable nuclear reactors were designed and built; and
40 WHEREAS, the long-standing partnership between Idaho and the federal gov-
41 ernment has resulted in countless improvements in the design and safety per-
42 formance of both commercial and military nuclear power systems, as well as the
43 cost-effective and DOE-complex leading performance of environmental cleanup
44 activities as prescribed by a detailed, yet accommodative 1995 agreement that
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1 ensures our state's environment is protected now and would continue to be pro-
2 tected with any future projects.
3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
4 of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
5 tives concurring therein, that Idaho supports the goals of the Global Nuclear
6 Energy Partnership and encourages this administration, the United States Con-
7 gress and the Department of Energy to commit and provide the funding necessary
8 to complete the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership initiative which is critical
9 to the long-term well-being of the United States and to concur that Idaho is
10 the most suitable and preferred site for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
11 and other advanced nuclear and energy security research.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is
13 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the
14 President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Department
15 of Energy, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
16 Representatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
17 State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17084C1
This memorial to representatives of the federal government is
intended to make clear the resolve of the State of Idaho to
continue its nearly 60-year partnership with the U.S. Department of
Energy and its predecessor agencies that has done and continues to
do so much to advance the energy supply and security interests of
the State of Idaho and these United States.
More specifically, as the U.S. Department of Energy moves
through its legally required process of conducting scoping hearings
on newly proposed major research projects, such as the Global
Nuclear Energy Partnership, this memorial represents the
Legislature's statement of support for this far-reaching nuclear
research and management initiative and for the site evaluation
process now under way that is studying the suitability of two Idaho
locations, along with 11 others across the nation.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no impact on the general fund.
Contact
Name: Senator Bart Davis
Phone: 208-332-1000
Representative Dean Mortimer
Representative Russ Mathews
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SJM 107