Groups urge caution in water use needed for Green River nuclear plant

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705375387/Groups-urge-caution-in-water-use-needed-for-Green-River-nuclear-plant.html

Opposition to a proposed nuclear power plant on the outskirts of this south central Utah community is heating up, with 10 environmental organizations urging the state water engineer to carefully consider the water resources the plant would demand and the safety risks it would pose.

The groups, which represent Utah and three other Western states, lodged their concern in a letter to state water engineer Kent Jones on Wednesday, asserting the Colorado River system can not sustain the necessary water for the plant.

"Awarding a massive quantity of water — 53,600 acre feet — to nuclear reactors seems a poor choice given the realities of the already over-subscribed Colorado River system," the letter reads.

It was signed by groups that include Uranium Watch, the Grand Canyon Trust, the Arizona Wilderness Coalition and distributed by HEAL Utah, a nonprofit anti-nuclear activist group.

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