EngenuitySC

By Bruce Henderson 

GAFFNEY, S.C. A thirst for jobs clashed with the fear of nuclear power in the first of two hearings Thursday on the Lee nuclear plant Duke Energy hopes to build 50 miles southwest of Charlotte.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff, who convened the meeting, heard familiar broadsides against nuclear energy - its tiny but potentially catastrophic risk of radiation-spewing accidents, heavy use of water and lack of permanent storage for nuclear wastes.

Several speakers questioned Lee's impact on the Broad River - a river broad but not deep, one speaker noted - from which it will draw 50 million gallons of cooling water a day. Of that, 36 million gallons will evaporate...

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