| This vote was on an amendment (Amdt. 2983)offered by Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) to the Senate energy bill (S. 517), which would reauthorize the Price-Anderson Act. Price-Anderson provides an unfair taxpayer subsidy to nuclear plant operators by limiting their liability to the public in the event of a nuclear accident. This mitigates the industrys investment risk and dramatically reduces the cost of retaining liability insurance. Estimates of the value of the annual subsidy range from $366 million to $3.4 billion. Passed 78 Yea to 21 Nay. |