By AP
Frankfort, KY – A long-standing moratorium on nuclear power plants in Kentucky would be lifted under a perennial bill that cleared the state Senate on Tuesday. Appropriations and Revenue Committee chairman Senator Bob Leeper has been pushing for years to get the measure through the General Assembly. The Senate voted 31-to-five late Tuesday afternoon to approve the measure and send it to the House where it has languished in years past. Leeper's district is home to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which enriches uranium for use as nuclear fuel. State law prohibits nuclear power plants from being built in Kentucky until the U.S. has a permanent storage facility to contain radioactive waste.