Democratic Party of Oregon Platform Supports Putting Nuclear Power Plants in Oregon

The near-final draft of the 2023-24 Platform of the Democratic Party of Oregon includes this  demand upon the government and taxpayers of Oregon:

Fund research into nuclear energy for deployment here in Oregon to reduce our reliance on hydro power which hampers our natural waterways and further reduce our carbon footprint.

Oregon voters in 1980 passed a statewide ballot measure to ban the siting of nuclear power plants in Oregon, until and unless there is a long-term solution for disposal of their radioactive wastes.  No solution exists.  So why should taxpayers fund research on something that is banned (and in any event is unreliable and absurdly expensive)?  The chart below is from the International Renewable Energy Agency of the United Nations and from the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations:

The Democratic Party of Oregon, intoxicated by the infusion of $500,000 of stolen FTX money, is toeing the corporate line.