FOR $2 BILLION U.S. URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT

IDAHO SELECTED BY AREVA

FOR $2 BILLION U.S. URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT



WASHINGTON, D.C. – The French-based AREVA company has notified Idaho’s Senator Larry Craig, Governor Butch Otter, Senator Mike Crapo and Congressman Mike Simpson that it has selected Bonneville County, Idaho, as the site of its $2 billion first U.S. uranium enrichment plant.



http://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/press/pr2008/prmay08/pr_AREVA.html



I'm not opposed to nuclear power. I am opposed to a FRENCH company processing the uranium and possibly building nuclear plants in the United States. Anything that dangerous done on American soil should be done by American citizens.



The Snake River runs through Idaho Falls across the eastern part of the state and dumps into the Columbia.

http://geology.com/state-map/idaho.shtml







River use banned after French uranium leak



http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/10/nuclearpower.pollution





Residents in the Vaucluse, a popular southern French tourist destination, were banned yesterday from drinking well-water or swimming or fishing in two rivers after a uranium leak from one of France's nuclear power plants.



Nuclear officials yesterday revised down the amount of untreated liquid uranium that spilled from the Tricastin nuclear power centre in Bollene, saying it was limited to 75kg and ranked grade one on the one-to-seven scale of nuclear accidents. But the spillage of waste material containing uranium in the picturesque area of Provence, 30 miles from Avignon, which is currently hosting an arts festival, embarrassed the government.



Nicolas Sarkozy has prioritised exporting nuclear expertise worldwide, including to Britain. Nuclear power comprises 87% of France's electricity production, but yesterday anti-nuclear groups renewed their criticisms of the nuclear power policy.