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Well, Salem County New Jersey has a nuclear plant as well as Indian Point up along the Hudson Valley in New York. I don't see those areas necessarily being hotbed of economic activity. My point is based though on just two examples.
It is making many assumptions a nuclear power plant will benefit the town. It actually may provide more benefit to the cities it services by lowering energy bills but no guarantee of economic prosperity.
The one benefit of nuclear power is it makes the area less vulnerable international flucvtuaions in more traditional sources of energy and lessens the pollution from fracking, oil slurry that is more prevalent here in the US/Canada.
Well, Salem County New Jersey has a nuclear plant as well as Indian Point up along the Hudson Valley in New York. I don't see those areas necessarily being hotbed of economic activity. My point is based though on just two examples.
It is making many assumptions a nuclear power plant will benefit the town. It actually may provide more benefit to the cities it services by lowering energy bills but no guarantee of economic prosperity.
The one benefit of nuclear power is it makes the area less vulnerable international flucvtuaions in more traditional sources of energy and lessens the pollution from fracking, oil slurry that is more prevalent here in the US/Canada.
In sum, this needs a ton of research.
I informed the mayor of Woonsoket of my idea for economic revitalization via nuclear power. Just recently got an e-mail back from Mayor Fontaine stating that he intends to bring the matter before the full council for discussion at its very next meeting, and thanked me for "a splendid, exciting idea." Hooray!
I've heard that the liquid salt cooled reactors are a lot safer than the type used now, with less waste that has a shorter half life. The article I read stated that we went with the reactors we have now because fissionable material was a desired byproduct.
Not an expert but I'd love to see this technology developed and exploited....it could make electric automobiles viable, and I'd certainly like to reduce our need for petro and coal fuels and power plants.
I've heard that the liquid salt cooled reactors are a lot safer than the type used now, with less waste that has a shorter half life. The article I read stated that we went with the reactors we have now because fissionable material was a desired byproduct.
Not an expert but I'd love to see this technology developed and exploited....it could make electric automobiles viable, and I'd certainly like to reduce our need for petro and coal fuels and power plants.
I'm very excited by these new technologies and, as a matter of civic pride, would love to see Woonsocket, Rhode Island as the test bed for these new, if untested, even if risky, nuclear technologies.
today's projo had a story concerning the first use of biogas to make electricity in the U.S. Its location will be in Quonset which is hungry for cheap energy. Solar power is also used there to make electricity for companies such as Toray. Perhaps these green alternatives for making electricity could be located in the old mill sites of Woonsocket? While the atom can produce electricity safely, the waste component of nuclear power is still difficult to handle.
today's projo had a story concerning the first use of biogas to make electricity in the U.S. Its location will be in Quonset which is hungry for cheap energy. Solar power is also used there to make electricity for companies such as Toray. Perhaps these green alternatives for making electricity could be located in the old mill sites of Woonsocket? While the atom can produce electricity safely, the waste component of nuclear power is still difficult to handle.
That's why God created Cranston.
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