The Synic, Tulsa (11/27/2007 1:39:07 PM)

UH oh the government and the power industry are talking. Sounds like the prelims to the next public/private partnership scheme to be rammed down our throats. Google Black Fox and see what happened the last time.

XonOFF, Tulsa (11/27/2007 2:23:25 PM)

The State of Oklahoma has the 8th largest wind resource in the country. USE IT!!

rsm, tulsa (11/27/2007 3:02:34 PM)

So, lemmie make sure I'm getting this story right: Representatives from the state's power producers had a meeting with lawmakers only to conclude that nukes won't work in Oklahoma. End.

You took this from AP, so it's not really your story, but as the local paper covering affairs in Oklahoma, isn't it the World's responsibility to do more than take the feed when the state's three largest power producers meet with state lawmakers to discuss the future of nuclear power or other generating resources? You can't seem to write enough stories about ORU, but when an event of actual importance that affects literally every citizen of the state in a very direct way takes place, the World defers to AP!?!? I can't believe that this feed even scratches the surface of what was discussed at this meeting, but I guess we'll just have to stay stupid until the World editors decide to do their jobs.

Say, did you all hear about all that crazy stuff happening over at ORU!?!?

K Piers, Broken Arrow (11/27/2007 3:57:51 PM)

Not having Nuclear power is the stupidest misstake our state and the people in have ever made. There are so many reasons from greenhouse gases to people craming money in their bank accounts. If the people of our awesome state had the true research presented to us it would be a no-brainer

Lewis, Tulsa (11/27/2007 4:12:24 PM)

Let Texas build one so they can supply Dallas and surrounding towns with free power. YES I SAID FREE POWER How you ask---it is simple, build it and sale power to Oklahoma and take the left over money and give the people in Tecas a huge break on their bills. Oh wait, I have a better idea. Why don't we build 2 or 3 and supply our whole state or nearly whole state and then sale it to cities like Dallas or Houston. Or I AM ON A ROLE HERE or build one or 2 or those 2 or 3 and do that "supply our state and try and sale left-over's and then instead of towns giving tax packages to companies just let the towns collect there taxes (you know, for schools and roads and stuff) and the state offer power insentives. You know, more jobs better this and that. Sure why not OUR STATE IS WORTH IT

James, Weatherford (11/27/2007 4:28:16 PM)

Those of you who are proponents of nuclear energy need to specify exactly where you would store the waste. How and where do you propose to guarantee the security and integrity of nuclear waste for 50,000 to 100,000 years?

Instead of playing dangerous games with radioactive waste, why don't we take the initiative with solar and wind power, both of which we have in abundance? Of course the cost is higher now, but as fossil fuels continue to go up, the cost difference will be minimized. As better technologies develop, the cost difference could even vanish. To "invest" in old technology is silly.

Dustin, Provorse, Tulsa (11/27/2007 5:04:07 PM)

#6 ever heard of Yucca mountain.... We have been spending millions of dollars for several years now developing that to be an extremely safe storage location for nuclear waste from reactors... what most people fail to realize is that there really is not as much waste as you would think..... when you see the massive containers used to transport and store there really is not a whole lot of nuclear material in there... it's a tonnnn of safety measures and containers inside of containers... for what little waste it has it is extremely efficient. Now not saying sources such as wind and solar are not viable as well but for the money currently your going to get a whole lot more power from a nuclear reactor than you would from a wind farm.

XonOFF, Tulsa (11/27/2007 6:10:20 PM)

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Oklahoma is already a NET PRODUCER of electrical energy. That excess power is currently sold out of state. Building a nuclear plant here would be primarily to supply out of state needs, not ours.

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With very minimal further development of our WIND resources over time, we can keep WAY ahead of our need and continue being a NET PRODUCER of electrical energy.

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Native American, (11/27/2007 6:53:58 PM)

65-85% of Europe & Asia generates energy by Nuclear Power...this is a safe, reliable & cheap form of energy production!

K Pier, Broken Arrow (11/27/2007 6:55:35 PM)

In the post I made about Nuclear power plants i should have made it clear about how I for one feel. I do know from the past several years of Discovory progams and nationwide news coverage like CNN and Fox that there is a large issue of the waste from producing Nuclear power. I feel fairly confident that through all the reasorces from Goverment and private concerns world wide that the issue will be solved. how? i don't know and if I did or anyone did they would cash in on them big $$$$$. A few questions i have about wind generated power is, is there enough wind year-round to generate consistant supplies? How can it be stored other than "rolling back the meter"? Or would it be a half azz atempt to pull the sheets over our eyes and the electric companies say "we need a price increase to buy windmills. Then we will lower the price" Then what? "Well we can lower the price because we have upkeep" or would it be just enough to supliment this problem we have now where there is going to be a problem. Okay here is a typical deal. Raise the price to put in windmills-hike the prices up to pay-keep the coal and hydro plants. Not much is done here. With Nuclear it is the issue of the 5-10 (They say) years and the waste. I wonder what the real issues are.

K Pie, Broken Arrow (11/27/2007 7:20:13 PM)

Good point Native American. Maybe with that little SCARE at the Three Mile Island a like 20 years ago and that accident in Ukraine when that idiot tested that reactor with no water/low water and it blew up. There was a show on TV about it and that is what they said happened. But people are scared of one turning into a Nuclear bomb. I say build it!!!!!!

David, (11/27/2007 8:56:08 PM)

It is a shame that the the Okla Corp. Commission did not back OGE's proposal for another coal-fired plant at a site built for expansion near Red Rock. Coal is by far the cheapest power generation source. Wind and solar power are helpful but are not always present. Black Fox nuclear plant was planned years ago near Inola but died quickly after Three Mile Island, where nobody died or was even mildly contaminated.