DeVore dropped his ballot initiative last week after surveys showed a lack of support for nuclear power in the state.
DeVore’s revised bill will detail a process for reprocessing spent fuel, something the French have been doing for years, DeVore said.
Nuclear reprocessing involves separating usable elements such as uranium and plutonium from nuclear waste to create new fuel for a nuclear power plant.
The process reduces the radioactivity of waste, DeVore said.
Combining efforts
Two prominent Newport Beach environmentalists and a business leader who don’t always see eye-to-eye on local issues have joined forces to support a proposed city deal with the Irvine Co.
Richard Luehrs, president of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, community activist Jan Vandersloot and Jean Watt, a former councilwoman and president of the group Stop Polluting Newport, sent a joint letter in support of the deal to Mayor Steve Rosansky earlier this week. The letter also was sent to members of the City Council, Planning Commission and City Manager Homer Bludau.
“We decided to come together to support the Newport Center mixed-use plan and development agreement because we believe that this proposal provides the unique and right opportunity for the future of our community,” the community leaders wrote.
As part of the deal, zoning for the area would create a new planned community that would merge two blocks of Newport Center, Fashion Island and San Joaquin Plaza to form North Newport Center Planned Community.
The deal includes about $43 million in development fees, road and park improvements and other public benefits from the Irvine Co.
