A state legislature first mandated closing a reactor without a waste dump

Evidence

That, according to Brown, “is precedent-setting. That’s the first time a state legislature mandated the shut down of a nuclear reactor if they didn’t have a nuclear waste dump.” — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 565

Categorization

• SEED: Worth digging in a research question: this is presented as precedent-setting, yet the plant context (Minnesota) suggests follow-up is needed on whether the mandate held — QUESTION flag.
• XREF: connects to: Prairie Island refused $220 million to accept a nuclear waste dump — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 564