Wendel Seeks More Information on Advanced Nuclear Energy Following Forum

One of the local officials involved in last week's forum on advanced nuclear energy wants to know how the City of Dunkirk can "get to the front of the line." Those are the feelings of Chautauqua County Executive P.J. Wendel following the "Nuclear 101" forum held at SUNY Fredonia about the idea of retrofitting the former NRG plant in the city to general power through nuclear energy. Wendel noted an interesting statistic that the organization Nuclear New York highlights...

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State Senator George Borrello, who hosted the forum, admits there is also plenty of controversy still surrounding nuclear energy. Wendel says he was able to speak with Nuclear New York's Keith Schue and the other experts on hand afterwards and ask questions...

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Wendel says the experts involved also noted that emissions from such a plant would be no different than the steam that's emitted at the Board of Public Utilities' plant in Jamestown.