HI HCR93

Legislature commits to uphold Hawaii's constitutional ban on nuclear power and oppose use of nuclear energy in Hawaii, prioritizing investment in clean renewable energy instead

Highlights Hawaii's constitutional prohibition on nuclear fission power plants (Article XI, Section 8) and County of Hawaii ordinances already banning nuclear energy

Identifies safety risks unique to Hawaii including transportation hazards across ocean distances, geological instability from earthquakes and volcanoes, and emergency planning zones extending 10-50 miles around nuclear facilities

Notes radioactive waste storage would require maintenance and funding for at least 200,000 years, and cites catastrophic costs of past nuclear disasters (Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Fukushima) reaching hundreds of billions of dollars

States Small Modular Reactors and other emerging nuclear technologies are unproven, economically inefficient, and would distract from Hawaii's existing 100% renewable energy goal by 2045 under Act 97 (2015)