Published: November 10, 2008
A company that wants to build a nuclear plant in Idaho using Areva’s Evolutionary Power Reactor design hit a minor roadblock in that goal last week.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of Elmore County, Idaho, voted against rezoning 1,400 acres of farmland to heavy industrial so Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. could build the plant.
Alternate Energy Holdings was formerly based in Bedford County but moved to Idaho in January 2008.
A county planning official said the rezoning did not fit in the county’s comprehensive plan, according to the Associated Press.
The county’s board of commissioners will have the final say in the matter and likely will take up the issue in January.
Don Gillespie, president and CEO of Alternate Energy Holdings, said in a news release that a nuke plant would use less agricultural land and provide more electricity than other energy projects allowed in the county’s plan.
If the company’s efforts in Idaho fail, Alternate Energy Holdings would work on nuclear power projects in Colorado and Mexico, Gillespie said.
The company is waiting for local approval before applying to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to build an Areva EPR.
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/companys_plan_rejected_to_build_a_
nuclear_plant_in_idaho_with_arevas_design/10420/
Read lots more details about the plant design's rejection in Elmore Co, Idaho here:
http://djysrv.blogspot.com/2008/11/aehi-loses-round-in-elmore-county.html
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