Pritzker sends mixed messages on moratorium of new Illinois nuclear plants

Gov. J.B. Pritzker earlier this month at the Illinois State Fair. Pritzker has taken some heat for vetoing bipartisan legislation to eliminate the state’s decades-old moratorium on new nuclear power reactors. (John O’Connor/AP)

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has taken some heat for vetoing legislation to eliminate the state’s decades-old moratorium on constructing new nuclear power reactors. 

Pritzker was asked about the topic again last week and he said he would sign a version of the bill if it limited new construction to only what are called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).