More nuclear power good for Tri-Cities, expert says via The News Tribune

By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald

Published: 07/29/11 1:40 am | Updated: 07/29/11 1:40 am

KENNEWICK — Demonstrating and producing small modular nuclear power reactors or producing and distributing radioisotopes makes sense for the Tri-City area as Hanford employment declines, said Mike Lawrence, who spoke Thursday at the Columbia Basin Badger Club in Kennewick.Lawrence has a long leadership history in the Tri-Cities, at Hanford and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, and after recently retiring as managing director of the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, is working with the Tri-City Development Council on a committee promoting clean energy projects.New modular reactors cost less than traditional reactors and are better able to match power needs.

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