Nuclear power plant near Russellville, AR. I'm glad I'm not downwind. Not so much for what comes out of the plant on a day-to-day basis, but in case of catastrophic failure or terrorist attack.
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longdongtoo 27 months ago | reply
had a friend who lived in russellville in 1984. we went fishing a few times at (not next to) the power plant. fishing was very good because the fish seemed to school in the waters warmed by the power plant. i did not have enough balls to eat any of the many catfish and bass we caught there, but the many vietnamese who fished there did.
i enjoyed most of the twenty-five years i lived in arkansas but got the idea that it was becoming the 'waste can' of the united states. the end of the viet nam war saw thousands of vietnamese refugees housed in ft. smith, ar. same as the 'unwanted' people castro let out of cuba a few years later, they also were relocated to ft. chaffee near ft. smith. the topper, i believe, was the united states making restitution to the people of the marshall islands by letting thousands of them work for tyson foods in the springdale area of arkansas. this was to compensate for the many problems caused in the marshall islands by the U.S. testing of nukes there. soon after arriving in the springdale area, doctors were reporting cases of polio and other diseases that did not exist in the area prior to their arrival. probably work even cheaper than the thousands of hispanic illegals who migrated there.
funsky1 27 months ago | reply
You know - most of the sport fishin' lakes around Charlotte, NC provide cooling water to several Duke Energy nukes.
You can boat, you can fish - but no swimming allowed - though folks have slides on private piers - into the water....
Not like goin' to Lake Keystone - I guess...
richard.hardcandy 25 months ago | reply
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Dandelion Salad 2 months ago | reply
Great shot. Thanks for having a CC license on your photo. I've used it on this very serious blog post:
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