Fresno council OKs nuclear plant testing

[Fresno Bee, 26 September] Despite a state ban on the building of new nuclear power plants in California, the Fresno City Council has voted to give a private company permission to carry out tests to see if the city's waste water could be used to cool a nuclear power station. The council decision will give Fresno Nuclear Energy Group access to the city's waste water plant to conduct the tests in a privately-funded four-year project expected to cost up to $4 million. Fresno Nuclear Energy was set up by a group of businessmen to explore the viability of building a community-owned nuclear power plant, even though Californian law prohibits the construction of any further nuclear power plants until the federal government approves a process for the permanent disposal of spent fuel. The state already has two operating nuclear power plants.

Further information

Fresno Nuclear Energy Group

WNA's US Nuclear Power Industry information paper

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