Fresno Nuclear Group making progress

ByRod Adams

The Fresno Nuclear Energy Group has made an agreement with the Westlands Water District to study the feasibility of building a dual unit nuclear plant on about 500 idled acres.

Westlands has about 100,000 idle acres, much of which was taken out of production due to increasing salt concentrations.

Apparently, Fresno Nuclear Energy Group wants to use grey water from the water treatment plants to cool the reactors while the water district would like access to lower cost electricity to more completely process its water and perhaps to produce some drinking water from salt water.

You can watch a local news video and read a more complete article at Fresno Nuclear Power Plan

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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