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Monday, February 16, 2009

SRS Land Being Leased for Energy Park of Nuclear Power Plant

Officials are reporting progress on leasing 2,500 acres of land within the Savannah River Site. This land could be used to make an energy park or possibly a site for a commercial nuclear power plant.

Rick Toole -Chairman of the Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization- says his group and the U.S. Department of Energy are in the final stages of the deal. But- the location cannot be divulged until the lease is signed.

Toole believes that once the lease is done, SRS will be much more attractive as a potential site for energy projects.

(AP)



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