In response to the Oct. 18 letter by Nettie R. Higginbotham, who challenged those who wish to build a nuclear power plant in the Valley to do three things:
Buy 1,000 acres of land and put the plant in the middle: We are doing that.
Have all investors live on such acreage: A new nuclear power plant emits about one millirem a year of radiation. You get 10 times that with a dental exam or a breast exam and you get 10-15 millirems a year if you smoke cigarettes.
Waste or spent fuel must be contained on the 1,000 acres: With dry cast storage we absolutely can do that.
We will also commission the University of California at Berkeley to do a study on any and all water from our facility.
But where will Ms. Higginbotham get her electricity from in 10 years? Coal, or will we still be giving buckets of money to countries that hate us for their oil?
John Hutson
Fresno Nuclear Energy Group
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