Nuclear power plant meeting set for June 16 in Glenns Ferry

Does anyone know exactly where the location of this plant is planned? I have heard that it is going to be near Hammett, but exactly where at near Hammett???

Also what will this do to properity values, would anyone want to live near a nuke plant, or would it draw more people into our little area that we love so much?

I read it would be 15 miles upstream from CJ Strike Dam.

I believe the location is just north of the Snake River, due east of Flatiron Butte, where the river makes a bend to the north. It will be less than five miles (ENE) from Bruneau Dunes state park (and its public observatory), and despite Mr. Gillispie's promise to work with the observatory regarding the plant's lighting, it's simply not reasonable to think that this plant will not put a huge amount of light into the sky, spoiling the views for Idaho's only dark sky public observatory. Full cut-off fixtures (which only direct light downward) are better than unshielded fixtures, but any fixture sends reflected light upward after it strikes the surfaces it is illuminating. And in this post-9/11 world, you have to know that they will have this power plant lit up so brightly that the Nampa Auto Mall will pale by comparison.

EHL,

Oh contraire, I actually feel very mellow today. I do not have an answer for it all. That is why I have been asking questions and doing some independent research in order to get more answers regarding this issue. I regret if the responses that I made to questions that were directed at me came across as hostile. That certainly was not my intent.

If being "green" is the new in term for being environmentally responsible and respectful to our planet, well then I've been greener than many, and for longer than most people.

In the early 70's I use to dive into dumpsters behind bars and restaurants searching for aluminum cans so I could sell them @ a penny a pound to get some of those almighty dollars because at the time I didn't have any, and my parents did not have many. Back then it was a challenge finding aluminum cans though. Oh, you could find a zillion cans but most were still being made out of tin. So I would also go along the roadways to pick the cans that people threw out of the windows of their cars. You might say that other peoples trash became my treasure. Although I don't need to dumpster dive anymore, I have been recycling and separating my garbage for years. Over the years I have given back to the various communities that I have lived in by volunteering countless hours helping to clean up beaches, rivers, streams and roadways.

Twelve of the last Thirty years I commuted back and forth to work on a bicycle. Furthermore there is a pretty good chance that I have logged more miles on my feet by walking or running to the places I needed to go to that most Americans

Currently, all of my outdoor lighting is solar powered. The lights in my horse barn and storage shed are also solar powered. I would do the entire house but presently that is not cost effective enough for me to do so.

You are incorrect in saying Idaho is one of the few states that has done without nuclear power. In fact Idaho had the first nuclear powered city in the nation in a town formally known as Root Hog, Idaho. It's now named Arco.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arco,_Idaho

All power companies in the nation no matter where they are at, or how they generated the electricity put the power into regional and national grids. it is then shared by other states by being sold like any other commodity based on supply & demand.

So here's where I'm at on this nuclear power plant issue:

Our future needs will leads us to alternative sources energy and modes of transportation. One of those new modes transportation will be electric vehicles. If this so, then one day instead of gas stations we will have recharging stations were you "juice-up" your vehicle. If this is were we are heading then we must find new ways to generate electricity. Hydro alone will not be able to keep up with the increased demand.