Civic League needs to evaluate and take a position on proposed expansion of Nuclear Reactors in our Region.

Today's News Journal Article "Delaware energy: Nuclear growth puts region at risk", is an excellent report done by Jeff Montogemery that shows how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is downplaying the risks of nuclear power as part of a political play to get more nuclear plants built, including a fourth reactor at Salem.  Nancy Willing also has some more detailed analysis of the information on the Delaware Way Blog.

This political approach is very similar to the one taken by the Mineral Management Service that regulates offshore drilling.  As we watch the news daily from the gulf, we are reminded of just how dangerous this type of covering up of the actual facts and downplaying the dangers can be.

The proposed new nuclear reactor is
proposed to low lying wetlands that must be filled, in a low lying area subject to coastal storms and sea level rise.

It is also very close to the area of Southern New Castle County that New Castle County government has approved a massive amount of new residential developments in the past decade, increasing the potential for catastrophe.  There is also the possibility that this project will be secretly linked to the US Army Corp of Engineers project, which is opposed by the Civic League, to use dredged material to fill the marsh and create the land for this proposed reactor.

Please read the article, study the issue, and let's develop our position on this issue.