[ RadSafe ] Nuclear power in Hawaii?

[Andrew Buchan]

We are trying to build a cobalt irradiator here on Oahu.
I can tell you it would be a very hard row to hoe here. Mostly because a 
group called Earth Justice has a strong presence here, and would make it 
their life's goal to prevent an NPP from coming in. Plus the Sierra Club 
and the usual suspects.

The Big Island actually has a clause in their county code banning 
nuclear power. I think the state might have something in their 
constitution as well. The state ag found the county code clause to be 
invalid when they tried to amend it to prevent a cobalt irradiator from 
going in there in 1999.

Actually a large NPP would probably not be that great an idea. But a 
couple of smaller next gen pebble bed reactors might be good.

Andrew Buchan
RSO Pa'ina Hawai'i


Sandy Perle wrote:
> Looking at population numbers (end of 2005) this is what you find:
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> 1,275,194 with about a 5% increase per year (short-term), as compared to
> 296,410,404 in the USA. Even Honolulu at the end of 2000 only had about
> 320K+ residents. Combine this with the economics, political environment and
> the fact that much of the uninhabited area in Hawaii is mountainous, the
> thought of a NPP doesn't appear top be that appealing. On the other hand,
> I'd consider going back into reactor HP for awhile!  :-)
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