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Originally Posted by Weis02
Duke has requested a rate increase to fund the costs of building a proposed nuclear plant in Cherokee County, S.C. Yet they are requesting it from NC utilities department
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There's a whole backstory to that, with history going back to the 70s. It's been our interest because one site that Duke owns is almost literally in our backyard.
There were several sites under consideration, with the Cherokee site (which actually has an abandoned cooling tower on it. it's been used as a set for several movies - "Abyss" for one) and the Davie county site (the county just to the west of Winston-Salem) at the top of the list. Even though the Cherokee site was chosen, the Perkins land (Davie county) is still on the table. Duke built a new access road and weather station on the site last year. [heads up to anyone who has issues with nuclear power plants and is considering the W-S area
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Duke's claim of the need for "nukuler" (as Shrub pronounces it
) power is due to the increased demands in NC. The power will be generated in SC to supply the needs of NC residents. Since it will be sold to NC users, I suspect that's why it has to go through the NC utilities board.
Here are some sites to check for more details
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/newnukes/davidson/ (broken link)
http://citizensagainstperkins.org/index.htm
http://www.shundahai.org/12-5-05GrnsNewsRec_Nuclear_Debate_Gives_NC_Power.htm (broken link)