{"id":765,"date":"2020-02-05T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/?p=765"},"modified":"2020-08-07T07:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:27:32","slug":"small-modular-nuclear-reactors-in-eastern-washington-could-balance-more-renewable-electricity-power-agency-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/2020\/02\/05\/small-modular-nuclear-reactors-in-eastern-washington-could-balance-more-renewable-electricity-power-agency-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Small, modular nuclear reactors in Eastern Washington could balance more renewable electricity, power agency says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-05-at-7.56.02-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-767\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-05-at-7.56.02-AM-987x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"829\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-05-at-7.56.02-AM-987x1024.png 987w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-05-at-7.56.02-AM-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-05-at-7.56.02-AM-768x797.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-05-at-7.56.02-AM.png 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Energy Northwest is considering whether there is a need and regional interest for adding a small modular nuclear reactor system near the Tri-Cities.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Northwest already operates the only commercial nuclear power reactor in the Northwest, Columbia Generating Station near Richland, in addition to small solar and hydroelectric projects and a wind farm.<\/p>\n<p>The public agency currently generates the electricity for more than 1.5 million customers in Washington state.<\/p>\n<p>Now it plans to spend up to $2 million to look at the feasibility of small modular reactors that might be added near its existing reactor.<\/p>\n<p>The study will look at the electricity that will be needed in the Northwest in coming decades and where it will come from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that the utilities agree there is a need for this [and] that the politicians and the public believe this is something they want, because they care enough about the climate and carbon that they want this as a solution,\u201d said Greg Cullen, Energy Northwest\u2019s general manager of energy services and development.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/small-modular-nuclear-reactors-in-eastern-washington-could-balance-more-renewable-electricity-power-agency-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small, modular nuclear reactors in Eastern Washington could balance more renewable electricity, power agency says<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Northwest is considering whether there is a need and regional interest for adding a small modular nuclear reactor system near the Tri-Cities. 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