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Nuclear Power
Friday, June 26, 2009
Would-Be Elmore Nuke Plant Financier Shutting Its Doors
By Liz Woodruff @ 3:14 PM :: 47 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
The Texas firm that Elmore County nuclear reactor developers identified less than a year ago as their new financial partner told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday that it may restructure but for now “is no longer conducting business operations and is in the process of winding up.” The closure of Powered Corporation of Houston is yet more evidence that Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., a recent transplant from Virginia and would-be developer of a 1,600MW nuclear reactor atop the Snake River outside of Hammett, is incapable of raising cash for its mystery reactor, said Snake River Alliance Executive Director Andrea Shipley.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
For Immediate Release: Elmore Commissioners Consider Amendment to Elmore County Comprehensive Plan
By Liz Woodruff @ 9:28 AM :: 107 Views :: Nuclear Power, SRA News Releases

Elmore County commissioners on Monday submitted a request to the Planning and Zoning commissioners to examine possible changes to the current comprehensive land use plan’s identification of areas for industrial development. By so doing they acknowledged that the current application to build a nuclear reactor along the Snake River is in violation of the comprehensive plan and their request means the plan, which took several years to develop with countywide input, would have to be significantly altered to allow for the proposed facility.

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Monday, June 08, 2009
For Immediate Release: Elmore Commissioners Express Concerns about Nuke Rezoning
By Liz Woodruff @ 4:59 PM :: 157 Views :: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases

June 8, 2009


Elmore Commissioners Express Concerns about Nuke Rezoning

Elmore County commissioners on Monday raised serious questions about whether to rezone 1,300 acres of prime agricultural land for a speculative nuclear reactor, suggesting the project may fly in the face of the county’s comprehensive plan. Commissioners deferred a vote on the project, however, until next Monday.

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Friday, June 05, 2009
ID Energy Update 6 5: ID Power rate hikes; Elmore Nuke Discussion
By Liz Woodruff @ 3:35 PM :: 80 Views :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved a quartet of Idaho Power rate hikes, while PacifiCorp filed its plan to meet future energy needs and Idaho Power was granted a request to delay filing its plan until the end of the year. And the Elmore County Commission will begin discussing a rezoning request by developers of a would-be nuclear reactor on the Snake River. Also, Boise Mayor David Bieter plans to open a green business incubator, and IDACORP has placed the transcript of its annual shareholder meeting online. That’s the meeting where shareholders voted for an initiative directing Idaho Power to prepare a plan for how it expects to reduce is greenhouse gas emissions.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Media Advisory: Elmore County Commission Set to Discuss Rezoning for 'Nomad Nuke Plant' Monday in Mountain Home
By Liz Woodruff @ 3:52 PM :: 121 Views :: Nuclear Power, SRA News Releases
Media Advisory: Elmore County Commission Set to Discuss Rezoning for 'Nomad Nuke Plant' Monday in Mountain Home.

WHEN:
9 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2009

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Click here to listen to the recent NPR story featuring local residents opposed to the proposed Elmore County reactor
By Liz Woodruff @ 9:37 AM :: 103 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Action Alert!
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/idaho/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1505311
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Monday, May 18, 2009
NPR Story Featuring Local Opposition to the Proposed Elmore County Reactor
By Liz Woodruff @ 4:51 PM :: 85 Views :: Nuclear Power
Click here to hear from two local farmers about why they don't want a nuclear reactor on prime farmland in Elmore County:

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/idaho/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1505311
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
AEHI Stock Filing Late and Incorrect
By Liz Woodruff @ 10:14 PM :: 582 Views :: Nuclear Power, SRA News Releases
Alternate Energy Holdings' latest filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission on its attempt to raise money from investors for its Elmore County nuclear reactor was filed months late and did not fess up to a then pending lawsuit. Mistakes like these are characteristic of AEHI and prove the company is certainly not credible enough to build a nuclear power plant, the Snake River Alliance said.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
AEHI Stock Filing Late and Incorrect
By Liz Woodruff @ 10:14 PM :: 258 Views :: Nuclear Power, SRA News Releases
AEHI Stock Filing Late and Incorrect
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Nuke Developer's Suit Against Snake River Alliance Dismissed
By @ 10:24 AM :: 690 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
The Fourth Judicial District Court in Ada County has dismissed the lawsuit brought against the Snake River Alliance by the developer of a proposed nuclear reactor above the Snake River in Elmore County. The dismissal establishes that Alliance Executive Director Andrea Shipley did not defame the company by referring to it and its chief officer as “scammers.”
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Friday, January 09, 2009
ID Energy Update Jan 9: Legislature Opens, Nuke Hearing Delayed
By @ 6:40 PM :: 436 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
The Idaho Legislature returns to Boise Monday to kick off its 2009 session and to hear Gov. Butch Otter’s State of the State and budget address Monday afternoon. Also, the developer of a proposed nuclear reactor in Elmore County wants to delay his County Commission hearing on his rezoning request until April. Idaho Power has proposed a unique power sales contract with Hoku Manufacturing, which is building a polysilicon plant in Pocatello to produce materials for solar energy, and Woodrow Clark, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore in 2007 for his work on climate change, will be at an event at Boise State University Monday night.
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Friday, January 09, 2009
Elmore Nuke Plant Developer Delays Rezoning Hearing
By @ 4:52 PM :: 675 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
The developer of a proposed nuclear power plant near Mountain Home asked the Elmore County Commission to delay a hearing on his failing rezoning request from Feb. 11 to sometime in April. A consultant for Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., told County Commissioners that CEO Don Gillispie’s travel schedule prevents his attendance until this spring. AEHI suffered a serious setback in November when the Elmore County Planning & Zoning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend the County Commission deny its request to rezone more than 1,300 acres of prime Snake River farmland from agricultural to heavy industrial to accommodate the ill-conceived nuclear reactor.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
ID Energy Update Dec 12: Thumbs Down on Nuke Plant, Makhijanii at City Club
By @ 5:27 PM :: 567 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates

Idaho’s nomad nuke reactor is languishing in Elmore County, where officials recommended the County Commission reject Alternate Energy Holdings’ bid to rezone 1,300 acres of prime Snake River farmland to heavy industrial for its nuclear reactor scheme.Meanwhile, our Idaho Caucus had a GREAT meeting in Portland last weekend at the NW Energy Coalition fall conference and board meeting.Also, don’t miss Arjun Makhijani’s presentation to the Boise City Club.

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Thursday, November 06, 2008
Elmore County Hands AEHI Defeat on Nuke Plant
By @ 10:46 AM :: 1018 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
Elmore County officials delivered a serious blow to developers of a proposed nuclear reactor near Mountain Home Wednesday night, recommending against rezoning more than 1,300 acres of Snake River farmland for use as the reactor site.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
ID Energy Update Oct 31 2008: Home Stretch for Nuke Rezone Hearings
By @ 3:06 PM :: 902 Views :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
Idahoans continued to turn out to the Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission this week to voice their opposition to a proposed nuclear reactor on the Snake River, while the reactor’s developer acknowledged in a Securities and Exchange filing that innumerable things could delay the plant or stop it altogether. Meanwhile, renowned energy expert Arjun Makhijani will be in Boise Nov. 19 to discuss energy and climate issues at the City Club, and U.S. Geothermal has won a DOE grant for expanded development in southeast Idaho. For details on these and other developments, please read on.
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