Uranium Enrichment Plant in Idaho?<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div><BR>The Snake River Alliance learned Thursday that Areva, Inc., one of the world's largest nuclear power companies and controlled by the French government, is discussing plans to build a uranium enrichment facility with officials in Idaho.<BR><BR>The facility would import a uranium concentrate, called "yellow cake," and then separate out the rare uranium-235 to be used in nuclear reactor fuel. Rep. Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot, the chair of the powerful House Revenue and Taxation Committee, has been working with Idaho Falls leaders on a package of tax breaks to introduce in the Legislature to help lure the plant.<BR><BR>The legislation could provide hundreds of millions in tax incentives to help persuade the company to build a plant near the Idaho National Laboratory nuclear reservation near Idaho Falls.<BR><BR>Read more . . . .
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