AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Despite the crisis unfolding in Japan, Gov. Paul LePage still regards nuclear power as a potential option for Maine's future energy mix.
Spokesman Dan Demeritt tells the Bangor Daily News that what's happening in Japan is tragic. But Demeritt says LePage is not changing his position that Maine needs to consider all energy options going forward. That would include any option that would safely reduce energy costs for Maine businesses and families.
Demeritt says that to his knowledge, the administration's had no conversations with any potential nuclear developers.
Meanwhile, officials with the decommissioned Maine Yankee nuclear power plant say the events taking place in Japan could not happen at the Wiscasset site, where the only things left are 64 canisters that hold spent nuclear fuel rods and other radioactive materials.
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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com
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I will support nuclear power in Maine, all the fears are blown out of proportion to reality, i would support wind and solar but as of yet they can't supply our needs and no one wants them in their backyard either, no one wants to dam any more rivers, so the alternative is burn more oil or coal or nukes. , maybe we should just go back to the 15th century will that make everyone happy. None of the folks that are against everything has come up with real workable affordable alternatives that every one can agree on that can supply us with power. electric cars cause more polution in the manufacture of the batteries than the same car would ever produce with a small gas engine but the greenies dont want to admit that, do the research on the mines and shipping and manufacture of the batteries that are made in china but that is OK as thats not in our backyard is it.
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These plants only kill the poor, LePage is all in favor of that
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Nope Gov, stick the reactors... in your basement, no nukes in maine.
Concentrate on wind.
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