A
foreign company - Coohanluk,
LDE - has applied for a license with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission(NRC) to construct and operate a CP2 Class 900MWe nuclear
power plant at Eielson Air Force Base. The
generated output from
redundant reactors could
power the entire “Railbelt” through the existing state-wide-grid
and
meet the demand forecast through 2057 – for Fairbanks and
Anchorage and everybody else in between! This
base is an ideal candidate for a new power plant with
an energy source that would contribute “zero” green house gas
emissions defined as PM25 particulate matter,
as it is already connected to the grid, is situated by rail service
and is still considered a strategic military
site
- even
though that could change, yet the sponsors of this project seem not
to care as the demands for low-cost electricity are not only of
interest to the military brass. And since it is still questionable
whether or not a “North
Slope” natural
gas pipeline will ever be built to deliver cleaner energy, from what
we have seen and
heard so far
it may not be a “cheaper” source. According to Mr. M. Ajor
Mudd
of Coohanluk,
the power plant could be built sooner then a natural gas
infrastructure project
and
require minimal
modifications to homes in Fairbanks, as houses are already wired and
“electric” heat would be a consideration over
liquid fuel combustion type furnaces – also a source of pollution.
The cost of electricity is estimated at 1/3rd
the existing GVEA power costs, or about 5.13-cents.
Please contact your representative asking for them to get involved in
this project, especially getting our “Alaska Delegation” on board
in efforts to streamline the permitting process. This is the best
news Alaskans have heard in a long, long time with respect to a
project that will finally lower the cost of living here. We have
looked at natural gas, hydro, some wind, yet nothing has worked so
from that stand-point this interest finds merit - it is what we need!
And this project creates 10x as many jobs as does that gas pipeline
dream, and localized jobs at that, something also in our favor! Wow,
let's not give up hope that Coohanluk has it figured out.
Picture
of Nuclear Power Plant for Eielson Air Force Base
(Notice
Alaskan poppy/wildflowers growing in profusion on runway)
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