[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, RADIATION: Nuclear power at Portsmouth (OH)?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Duke, partners, explore Ohio nuclear site


By Bruce Henderson
Charlotte Observer
June 18, 2009

Duke Energy said today it will join four partners to explore 
construction of a nuclear plant, its first in the Midwest, at a federal 
site in southern Ohio.

Duke made the announcement in Piketon, Ohio, with nuclear vendor Areva; 
fuel supplier USEC Inc., which leases much of the 3,700-acre site; 
UniStar Nuclear Energy, which provides licensing, construction and 
operating services; and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative, an 
economic development agency.

The Energy Department's Portsmouth site in Piketon opened in the 1950s 
to enrich uranium for use in nuclear fuel and defense applications. It's 
now undergoing cleanup for contamination.

The "clean energy park" the group envisions is part of an Energy 
Department program to turn former weapons sites into energy producers. 
The partners will seek federal funding for the project's initial phase.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/787160.html

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Lenny Siegel
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