Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio?
June 18, 2009 by Mark Ellis
Filed under Business
According to Duke Energy Corp’s CEO Jim Rogers, his company may be gearing up to construct a nuclear power plant in Ohio. This would give the region a source of carbon-free electricity at a time when demand for electricity is on the rise.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (Image: Flickr)
Such a venture by Duke Energy Corp has required it to join forces with French nuclear company Areva SA and the American companies USEC Inc and UniStar Nuclear Energy. If everything with the project goes well, the region could see a dramatic improvement in the local economy, with millions of dollars and thousands of jobs being pumped into the community.
However, the process of building a nuclear power plant certainly does not happen quickly. Just reviewing the application will take authorities about three years, and then once the companies have received their license, it would take another three to five years to build the reactor and get it operational.
I live within 20 miles of the USEC uranium enrichment facility and know many employees of the facility. I can tell you that most people in southern Ohio support nuclear power.