Nuclear power plant at Elms?!?!
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kwillia
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St. Mary's Today Online has a tidbit of info.
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JWB_CWB
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DoWhat said:
Yup and Jenna Jameson is coming on her tour and will be at Roses the next two weekends.
Even if it did happen which chances aren't good it would be atleast a decade or more before it would be in operation.
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Fred Hoeck
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Elms Property was set aside for Nuclear Power Plant originally
For those of you new to the area, the Elms Property was bought and set aside for a nuclear power plant back before Three Mile Island. It is only being used as envionmental park since no new Nuclear Power Plants have been built. Therefore, the use of it, the Elms Property, for a power Plant, would not be something new, secret, or underhanded. It is bad when newcomers to the area do not investigate the uses of tracts of land and what they are already planned for, then they wouldn't get themselves all bent out of shape when the planned for use happens. It is similar to the people living along the path of FDR Blvd who complained when they found out the road was to go through their neighborhood, they should have checked the plans before buying if they didn't want to live on a main highway at some point. Investigate the long range plans!
For those of you new to the area, the Elms Property was bought and set aside for a nuclear power plant back before Three Mile Island. It is only being used as envionmental park since no new Nuclear Power Plants have been built. Therefore, the use of it, the Elms Property, for a power Plant, would not be something new, secret, or underhanded. It is bad when newcomers to the area do not investigate the uses of tracts of land and what they are already planned for, then they wouldn't get themselves all bent out of shape when the planned for use happens. It is similar to the people living along the path of FDR Blvd who complained when they found out the road was to go through their neighborhood, they should have checked the plans before buying if they didn't want to live on a main highway at some point. Investigate the long range plans!
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Cletus_Vandam
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Fred is exactly correct. The enviromental area while used by the public schools is not County property; it is leased from the State who owns the property for a potential nuc power site as he mentions.
Tonio
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I agree. However, I suspect that even longtime county residents had assumed that the original approvals on the power plant had long since expired. What would be underhanded is if the governor (as the Rag alleges) or some other politician had made a back-room deal to build the plant without consulting the public.Fred Hoeck said:
Fred Hoeck said:
Yes they will! How many people move next to an airport, firing range, etc....and get in an uproar because (maybe) it was worse than they expected, or just have the time on their hands to complain and make life miserable? People buy their homes with blinders on and when reality kicks in, it doesn't matter what they knew ahead of time, they're going to whine and complain until they get their way, or at least make as much grief as they can...
Cletus_Vandam
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Lenny said:
I hear what you're saying, but the tree huggers need to take a look at Calvert Cliffs. That area before the plant wasn't much different...
Cletus_Vandam
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Tonio said:
What's underhanded about using a piece of property for it's intended use? The Elms was purchased decades ago for the purchase of building a nuc power plant.
Is there anyone out there thinking that a nuc plant was going to be built at the Elms anytime within ten years of Calvert Cliffs opening? The State's purchase and setting aside of this land was a smart investment. Furthermore, the State allowing leases on the property and public use wasn't required... But anyone who's a tree hugger won't see these points.
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Kain99
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I just don't see the population explosion required for a second plant. Maybe I'm behind the times.
Cletus_Vandam
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Kain99 said:
A nuc plant in St. Mary's County would make us less reliant on plants that use fossil fuels (like the plants near Benedict and near the Nice bridge).
The only place in SoMD that another nuclear reactor will be built is at Calvert Cliffs. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is only looking at 6 sites that currently have nuclear reactors, and not new sites. Calvert Cliffs has over 2300 acres of land and they are using about 700 acres. Do the math.
Furthermore, power generated at that plant and any new plant is not solely for use by its "neighbors". Constellation Energy or any energy company for that matter is in the business of creating electricity. That electricity goes out into the grid, and isn't necessarily used only by the people who live nearby.
Furthermore, power generated at that plant and any new plant is not solely for use by its "neighbors". Constellation Energy or any energy company for that matter is in the business of creating electricity. That electricity goes out into the grid, and isn't necessarily used only by the people who live nearby.
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JWB_CWB
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Kain99 said:
Well the power produced isn't used locally, most of CCNPP power produced is shot up power lines to the north.
As of right now only 20% of the U.S. power comes from Nuclear compared to around 80% in France. Not that I'm saying we should be more like France but as far as producing power goes they are more advanced than us. TMI pretty much kept this country stuck at that number since the 70's. Anyone with half a brain can see that Nuclear power is much cleaner than most of the alternatives. And most can see that Nuke plants don't make a good terrorist target because all the measures taken in security and the hardening of the structures.