Idaho Gov. Otter: Solar, wind too expensive, so Idaho should focus on nuclear energy
| October 3, 2007 |  View for printing |
Idaho should bolster its ties to the nuclear power industry to underpin economic growth and curb greenhouse gas emissions because alternative energy sources like solar or wind are too costly to meet the state's future needs, Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter said Tuesday.
The nuclear industry could eventually be worth as much as $7 billion annually to the state, Otter said, including the Idaho National Laboratory http://www.inl.gov in Idaho Falls, which is helping develop a new generation of nuclear reactors as well as a proposed international nuclear fuel recycling program.
By JOHN MILLER
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