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Utah to consider second radioactive waste dump

Feb 09, 2010
Associated Press

BROCK VERGAKIS | February 9, 2010 02:13 PM EST |

SALT LAKE CITY — The former president of the only facility that can dispose of low-level radioactive waste for 36 states said Tuesday that he wants to open a new disposal facility in Utah.

Charles Judd said EnergySolutions Inc.'s facility in Utah's west desert is running out of space and can't handle future waste from the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. He wants to build a new site on state land about three miles from Interstate 80 in Tooele County.

Green River power plan generates big questions

Feb 03, 2010
Salt Lake Tribune

Green River power plan generates big questions

By Christopher Smart

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 02/03/2010 01:06:44 AM MST

A fledgling company's plan to build a 3,000 megawatt nuclear power plant near the Green River in eastern Utah is generating more questions than answers.

What would happen to the spent nuclear fuel from the two-reactor plant proposed by Utah-based Blue Castle Holdings?

Green River nuclear power proposal sparks big questions

Jan 24, 2010
Salt Lake Tribune

A fledgling company's plan to build a 3,000 megawatt nuclear power plant near the Green River in eastern Utah is generating more questions than answers.
What would happen to the spent nuclear fuel from the two-reactor plant proposed by Utah-based Blue Castle Holdings?
If the Utah Division of Water Rights deems there is enough water in the Green River for the plan, what happens to 50,000 acre feet of water required each year to cool it?
Who would get the electricity generated by the plant?

Delay urged for water diversion

Oct 25, 2009
Deseret News

Critics of a plan to divert river water to support a proposed nuclear reactor in Emery County say any diversion should be put on hold until a new study of the Colorado River's water supplies is completed.

Additionally, they say Utah's water engineer should hold off until their protests are formally heard in the spring of 2010.

At issue is the transfer of 24,000 acre-feet of water from the San Juan River to the Green River in support of Blue Castle Holdings' nuclear reactor at an industrial park.

Editorial: Nuclear Nonsense

Aug 29, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune

Gov. Gary Herbert supports a full palette of energy options for Utah. The clean greens: solar, geothermal, wind. The dirty browns: coal, oil, natural gas. And the chameleon of electricity production, nuclear fission, which provides clean power but carries its own environmental and safety baggage.