Nuclear reactor discussion in Galena heats up

[bananas]

http://newsminer.com/2007/09/08/8773

Nuclear reactor discussion in Galena heats up

By Chris Freiberg
Published September 8, 2007

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The future of the reactor in Galena could face other hurdles as well. City Manager Walt Wilcox said that until the city received a copy of Toshiba’s letter to the NRC in late August, they had not heard anything about the project from Toshiba in about eight months.

In addition, earlier reports stated that Toshiba would install the reactor at no cost to the city, but a statement from the company to the News-Miner seemed to reverse that claim.

“We are aiming to realize the 4S system on a conventional business basis, and we do not have any plans to propose the system free of charge,” it states.

The idea of footing the bill for the multi-million dollar reactor doesn’t sit well with Wilcox.

“This is a small community that doesn’t even have an extra $1,000,” he said.

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1. What I'm trying to figure out is, who owns it if they build it.

The article doesn't really say, but this passage suggests that Galena might own it:

“We are aiming to realize the 4S system on a conventional business basis, and we do not have any plans to propose the system free of charge,” it states.

In other words, "we aren't planning to build the thing for you for free."

Meanwhile, the small community "without an extra $1000" is paying 40 cents per kilowatt hour to burn oil and release GHGs for their electricity. Do those 66 indigenous groups have an opinion about climate change?