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Nuclear Power
Friday, February 08, 2008
Owyhee County to Bruneau Nuclear Plant Developer: Pay Up!
By @ 5:26 PM :: 582 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Developers of the proposed Owyhee County nuclear power plant have ignored three requests by county officials to make a payment on the mounting costs of processing the power plant application, the Snake River Alliance has learned.
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
State Subsidies for Uranium Enrichment Plant Would be an Insult to Idahoans
By @ 4:36 PM :: 620 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Plutonium-238, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Idaho’s state leaders have no business using taxpayer money to try to lure a French government-controlled uranium enrichment plant to Idaho, the Snake River Alliance said Thursday.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
MidAmerican's Idaho Pullout Shows AEHI Nuclear is a Bad Investment
By @ 6:15 PM :: 497 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
MidAmerican Energy announced Sunday they’re withdrawing plans to develop a nuclear power plant northwest of Boise in Payette County. It’s a prudent business decision, and one that Don Gillispie and his colleagues and investors at Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. (AEHI) should heed as they consider the wisdom of building a nuclear plant on the shores of C.J. Strike Reservoir near Bruneau.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
MidAmerican Nuclear Agrees with Snake River Alliance That Nuclear Energy is Too Expensive
By @ 3:44 PM :: 497 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Advocates of a nuclear power “renaissance” are basing their appeals on the notion that nuclear power will be an inexpensive way to get new baseload capacity and to combat global warming. However, MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Company, owned by Warren Buffett, has ended its pursuit of a nuclear energy facility in Payette County after the company spent $13 million researching the viability of the location.
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Friday, December 07, 2007
PROPOSED PAYETTE NUCLEAR PLANT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT IDAHO ENERGY POLICY
By @ 11:01 AM :: 747 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
News that one of the nation’s largest utility companies is considering Payette County for a mega-nuclear power plant raises serious questions about how Idaho plans for its energy future and who is in charge of reviewing large power plants that pose long-term environmental and health risks in Idaho and beyond, the Snake River Alliance said.
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Friday, November 30, 2007
Owyhee Nuke Plant Developers Refuse to Comply with Approval Process to Build Towers
By @ 6:13 PM :: 800 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Two towers have been built in Owyhee County contrary to Owyhee County’s denial of the towers in early November. One tower is a cellular tower, although there is no contract with a cellular company. The other tower is a meteorological tower designed to gather wind and other data required to process an application to build what could become Idaho’s first commercial nuclear power plant.
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Alliance Questions Gov's Choice Of Nukes Over Renewables
By @ 12:58 PM :: 719 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Gov. Butch Otter’s claim that Idaho should focus more of its energy efforts on nuclear programs rather than renewable energy reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the costs of nuclear power and the benefits of renewable energy and conservation and efficiency programs, the Snake River Alliance said.
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Monday, July 23, 2007
No to nukes
By @ 2:58 PM :: 585 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Clean and Renewable Energy, Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Nuclear Weapons, Energy Intelligence News Releases
JAPAN SEES NUCLEAR POWER as a solution to global warming, but it's paying a price. Last week, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused dozens of problems at the world's biggest nuclear plant, leading to releases of radioactive elements into the air and ocean and an indefinite shutdown.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Japan Nuke Plant Leak Worse Than Thought
By @ 3:54 PM :: 468 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste and Contamination
An earthquake-wracked nuclear power plant was ordered closed indefinitely Wednesday amid growing anger over revelations that damage was much worse than initially announced and mounting international concern about Japan's nuclear stewardship.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Nuke planner submits CUP application, Watchdog group criticizes company's ethics
By @ 3:23 PM :: 597 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor
The permitting process is underway for a proposed nuclear power
plant in Owyhee County, as an Idaho watchdog group continues to blast the
company and its plans.
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