DrMcMeow t1_j3urzmu wrote
Reply to comment by IamSauerKraut in Solar and wind is ugly, Nuclear is the only other safe energy. When will it happen here? by drdanagram
open to the public year round.
The Eaton Farm & The Back River Trail are adjacent to Chewonki Neck to the east. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company donated the 200-acre Eaton Farm to Chewonki in 2005 as part of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission settlement agreement. Chewonki agreed to create a nature preserve, maintain public access, foster stewardship of the estuarine environment, and provide a forum for dialogue on environmental policy issues. The Back River Trail at Eaton Farm got underway in 2005 – with 4.5 miles of trail opened to the public in 2006. This leg is the first in a long-range plan for a trail from Chewonki Neck to the Town of Wiscasset. When completed, the trail will comprise the longest coastal hiking trail outside of Acadia National Park. Day use only, no camping. Hunting is permitted.
IamSauerKraut t1_j3w59v6 wrote
Yah, well there ya have it.
An organization that has run a kids' camp for 100 years on an adjacent peninsula was given 200 acres of the 800 on which Maine Yankee operated. I remember the issue with the ospreys, too. And I remember the org shut public access, including to the mudflats, after a break-in at the school.
But that leaves 600 acres, on which is stored all that spent nuclear fuel.
But, as the Rutland newspaper pointed out years ago:
"New England is home to three decommissioned nuclear power plants. Each stores its nuclear waste on site, and, in Maine, the cost of that storage is continually passed on to ratepayers via their monthly electrical bills. Hudson, a graduate of the University of Vermont with a strong background in working with green groups, said his view on nuclear power has shifted a bit in recent years, noting that he now sees it as having some role in our energy future. But the lack of a solution for the highly radioactive waste gives him pause. His ideal neighbor is not a collection of radioactive canisters. Its foolish to believe that this is clean energy, he said. The outcome of nuclear power is waste that wont be safe for long after Im gone. There simply needs to be a national solution to the waste issue."
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