SaskPower presentation showing the potential sites within the orange line where the small modular reactor could be built.
Divide County resident Jody Gunlock stands in one of his cow pastures just four miles from the Canadian border and downwind of the existing Boundary Dam power plant, which is located between the U.S. border and Estevan, Saskatchewan. Gunlock also currently serves as Divide County’s zoning officer and emergency manager. Photo by Brad Nygaard, The Journal, Crosby.
Adds impetus for state to contemplate nuclear power potential
The prospect of a Canadian utility company placing a small nuclear reactor just a stone’s throw from the North Dakota border has come as a surprise to state officials and local landowners.
But the power such a project could bring may be welcome.
“It’s a very positive development,” said Jod...
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