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Posted: 4:04 PM May 4, 2008
Duke Energy's Plans For A New Nuclear Power Plant In SC Is Facing Problems
Water might be the biggest obstacle to Duke Energy's plan to build a new nuclear power plant in South Carolina.
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Water might be the biggest obstacle to Duke Energy's plan to build a new nuclear power plant in South Carolina.
The facility near Gaffney would be Duke's first nuclear power
plant in 20 years and its first not built on a large reservoir.
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reports that the company plans to
draw about 50 million gallons of water a day from the Broad River.
About 15 million gallons would be returned to the river, while the
remainder would evaporate from the plant's cooling towers.
Opponents of the plant say the river can't give up that much
water, but Duke and South Carolina officials say it can except
during a severe drought.
The North Carolina-based utility says the plant will help supply
electricity to as many as 60,000 new customers each year in the
Carolinas.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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