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Westlands Water District discusses nuclear plants to power desalination facility

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on August 20, 2008 at 5:49 am

From the Fresno Bee:

Fresno Nuclear Energy Group LLC on Tuesday signed a letter of intent with the Westlands Water District to discuss the possibility of building two 1,600-megawatt nuclear power plants on 500 acres in the district.

John Hutson, the company’s president, said the district would choose the site.

Hutson said that, under the proposal, a desalinization facility, powered by the plants, would be built “to supply clean, reliable water to the farmers on the west side.”

Ground water in the district is plagued by salts that include selenium and boron.

State law bans any new nuclear power plants until the federal government approves a process for the permanent disposal of their spent fuel. A nuclear plant also would have to clear several federal legal hurdles, most notably from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

It would be at best ten years before anything was built, says Sarah Woolf of the Westlands Water District. More from the Fresno Bee by clicking here.

August 20, 2008 · Filed Under Westlands Water District

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