by Ian Cotten | Mar 2, 2021 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy, Idaho Energy Updates, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Uncategorized
Idaho congressman Mike Simpson has unveiled a plan to remove the four Lower Snake River Dams (LSRD). These dams -Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and Lower Granite – are all situated in Oregon along the lower Snake River. The motivation behind the...
by Snake River Alliance | Dec 2, 2018 | Nuclear
President Trump signed a budget bill for 2019 that includes $1.3 billion for nuclear energy research and development. That money will fund a whole raft of bad ideas, many right here in Idaho. $100 million will go toward 12 small modular reactors (SMRs). A chunk of...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 11, 2018 | Nuclear
The cluster of nuclear reactors are planned to be built in Idaho by 2026. But the plan including filling a $2.1 Billion financing gap with your money. A group called the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) wants to build 12 nuclear power reactors at the...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 21, 2018 | Nuclear
The Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) wants to build 12 nuclear power reactors at the Idaho National Laboratory with a total capacity of 600 MW. UAMPS is a political subdivision of the State of Utah, and most of the reactors’ electricity would go out of...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 2, 2017 | Nuclear
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is accepting public comments now until the 27th of June on a proposed rule to reduce and eliminate Emergency Planning Zones around some new reactors, including the NuScale project in Idaho. NuScale wants to build an array of a...
