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Vol. 10, No. 45 Week of November 06, 2005
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Economics of nuclear power for rural Alaska

Small nuclear reactors present new possibilities but capital costs uncertain and reactor capacity exceeds rural community needs

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News Staff Writer

The commercial availability of a small nuclear reactor core called a Toshiba 4S is raising some intriguing questions about the possible use of nuclear power for relatively small-scale electricity generation in rural Alaska. The self-contained core measures just 2 meters high and 1.2 meters in diamet....

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Potential in Galena

Excess energy

How about Bethel?

Electricity for mining


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