There’s already a possible location for a micro nuclear power facility in Chautauqua County, and it would not likely take a long time to get one up and running. That from County Executive P.J. Wendel, who included that as one of his initiatives during his recent State of the County Address. Wendel says micro plants are in the exploratory stages in the United State, and he says the former NRG plant in Dunkirk would be an ideal location…
P.J. Wendel: NRG has no decommissioning plan
Wendel says the U.S. has been powering submarines and aircraft carriers with smaller nuclear reactors for decades, so the technology is safe on a smaller scale than some of the bigger plants of the past. The Lakewood Republican says there’s one such project being done by Bechtel Energy in the Midwest…..