STATE : Rancho Seco A-Plant Starts Closing
<i> From Times wire service</i> s
SACRAMENTO —
The Rancho Seco nuclear plant began shutting down today after voters for the first time in U.S. history decided to close a working reactor.
With all precincts reporting, there were 111,867 votes, or 53.4%, against a measure that would have kept the plant operating, and 97,460, or 46.6%, in favor.
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