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<<<Officials in Galena, an Athabascan Indian village on the Yukon River, are pursuing an offer from Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) to install an experimental reactor that would heat and light the town.
The 700 residents of the village, 275 miles west of Fairbanks, say they have to cope with electricity bills that are three times the national average.
The reactor would be free and require no attendance, Toshiba says. Galena would pay for only the operating costs, according to news reports.
Galena officials met with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. If the commission approves the plan, the reactor would be the first new one permitted in the United States since the early 1980s, according to an Alaska Public Radio Network report on Thursday. >>>
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Although the US has not built a land based reactor in many years, there are plenty floating around the ocean in nearly 50 subs, in 10 Carriers, and in many other ships which will at times be in drydocks.
So why is one on land so hazardous? For a long time I lived 11 miles from San Onofre in CA. And I huhuhuh hardardly ev ev ever got nervous even wuh wuh when duh duh driving past it.
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