GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER IS VETOING A BILL LIFTING THE CURRENT MORATORIUM ON BUILDING NEW NUCLEAR PLANTS IN ILLINOIS. 

IN HIS VETO MESSAGE, THE GOVERNOR CITED CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL SUCH AS NOT HAVING REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK NEAR THE PLANTS. SENATOR SUE REZIN OF MORRIS, WHO SPONSORED THE LEGISLATION, SAYS THE STATE NEEDS ACCESS TO NUCLEAR POWER.

THE GOVERNOR RAISED CONCERNS IN HIS VETO MESSAGE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION NOT HAVING RULES TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING NEAR THE PLANTS, AND THAT IT COULD LEAD TO HUGE PLANTS THAT WOULD BE SO COSTLY TO BUILD, THAT RATEPAYERS WOULD TAKE A HIT. BUT MORRIS SENATOR SUE REZIN SAYS ILLINOIS NEEDS NUCLEAR POWER AS A RELIABLE SOURCE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY.

THE BAN HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1987. REZIN SAYS SHE WILL BE PUSHING FOR A VETO OVERRIDE THIS FALL.