] The small town of Galena, Alaska, is tired to pay 28 ] cents/kwh for its electricity, three times the national ] average. Today, Galena "is powered by generators burning ] diesel that is barged in during the Yukon River's ] ice-free months," according to Reuters. But Toshiba, ] which designs a small nuclear reactor named 4S (for ] "Super Safe, Small, & Simple"), is offering a free ] reactor to the 700-person village, reports the New York ] Times (no reg. needed). [ I've posted about this before... I think it looks very promising. -k] Alaska Village Moves from Diesel to 'Micro-Nuke' |