DoomsdaysCWMay 24, 2023

Hmmmm...#Idaho says "No," but Ohio says yes? I hope they take a careful look at the plans

#Ohio may soon get two new #nuclear power plants for the first time in decades

by Jeremy Pelz, May 22, 2023

"In 2020, [#Okio] applied for a federal permit to build the Idaho plant using a different reactor design, but officials turned down the application on the grounds that it 'contain(ed) significant information gaps in its description of ...potential accidents as well as its classification of safety systems and components.'"

#NoNukes #NoNewNukes #Renewables

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ohio-may-soon-get-two-new-nuclear-power-plants-for-the-first-time-in-decades/ar-AA1bAA6U

Ohio may soon get two new nuclear power plants for the first time in decades

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A California company has signed an agreement to open two new cutting-edge nuclear power plants by the end of the decade on the site of a long-shuttered Southern Ohio facility built to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. Oklo Inc., announced this week it intends to build two small, advanced nuclear power plants on part of a 3,700-acre site south of Piketon that once was home to ...

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"There have long been environmental concerns about the #Piketon site, which the federal government and private contractors operated from 1954 to 2001 to enrich #uranium for #NuclearWeapons and, later, for nuclear power plant fuel.

"In 2019, a nearby middle school was closed after a report was released revealing that previous testing at the school found traces of #neptunium, a #radioactive #carcinogen, according to the Dayton Daily News. In 2006, the Daily News found poisoned #groundwater, radioactive contamination, hundreds of accidental releases of #uranium gas or toxic fluorine, and other toxins that leached from unlined landfills and ditches into groundwater and a nearby creek."

#NoNukes #NoWar #WaterIsLife #NoNewNukes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ohio-may-soon-get-two-new-nuclear-power-plants-for-the-first-time-in-decades/ar-AA1bAA6U

Ohio may soon get two new nuclear power plants for the first time in decades

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A California company has signed an agreement to open two new cutting-edge nuclear power plants by the end of the decade on the site of a long-shuttered Southern Ohio facility built to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. Oklo Inc., announced this week it intends to build two small, advanced nuclear power plants on part of a 3,700-acre site south of Piketon that once was home to ...

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