Another "In MY Backyard" resolution

ByRod Adams

There sure are a lot of “nobodies” in this world. Though the anti-nuclear industry still continues to claim that “nobody” wants a nuclear plant in their backyard, a number of communities have taken action to state loudly and clearly that they are very interested in having a new plant built in their area.

The most recent community to take this action is the locality near the never completed Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in Scottsboro, Alabama. Both the Scottsboro City Council and the Jackson County Commission have passed resolutions supporting the Tennessee Valley Authority – which owns the Bellefonte site – and NuStart Energy in their efforts to build a new nuclear power plant at the site. Presumably, those votes reflect the will of the people nearest the proposed plant.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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