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Topping today's St. Cloud Times was an article about the Monticello nuclear power plant and the strong possiblity about the plant getting its licensed renewed so it can operate until the year 2030. Right now the plant's nuclear fuel is stored underground, but part of the agreement with re-licensure is to let the plant store nuclear waste above ground. If they don't receive this permission, the plant won't be able to opeate past 2010 because there is limited space underground. A lot of people haven't been going to the public meetings in Monticello and a lot of environmental groups haven't been attending them either, which is good news for the nuclear power plant. State senator Ellen Anderson says that in the future Minnesota could look toward wind power as a means of producing power since a lot of people are looking to phase out nuclear power. She thinks it would be better to see wind or natural gas used for power instead of a coal plant. I too believe that wind or natural gas would be more beneficial because they produce less pollution than a coal power plant (carbon dioxide) and it's good to move away from nuclear power as well because the city of Monticello is growing and if anything were to go wrong with the power plant at one point it could have a big effect on the city.

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posted by Kevin Hurd @ 3/19/2006 10:23:00 PM