Oppenheimer’s grandson supports nuclear energy bill

CBG's executive director, Haakon Williams, testified against Assembly Bill 2647 in Sacramento on Wednesday. Testifying for the bill was Oppenheimer's grandson. Here is an expert from an article in The Center Square:

"The grandson of the man who oversaw the invention of the atomic bomb spoke out Wednesday morning in support of nuclear energy development in California.

Charles Oppenheimer's testimony before the state Senate Energy and Utilities Committee was part a push by state Democratic lawmakers to expand clean energy production.

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'As you, on this committee, continue navigating the state’s clean energy transition, I understand wanting to survey all the available options,' Haakon Williams, executive director of the anti-nuclear nonprofit Committee to Bridge the Gap, testified in opposition to the bill. 'My message to you is that if we want to do a study on nuclear energy, let’s do it right. This bill, as written, does not set the energy commission up to do the study right.'"

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