Another radioactive project leaves the question whether
residents in
purchase alcohol products. The home of 45000 tons of Cold War-era nuclear waste
is considering the implementation of a “High Temperature Teaching and Test
Reactor.” This $450 million reactor will
be cooled by helium instead of water thus eliminating any risk of a
meltdown. Another draw for this project
is that it will use spent nuclear reactor fuel.
However, the alcohol situation comes into play when considering the
safety of the workers and residents with such high volumes of nuclear material
being handled. The Keep Andrews Dry
Coalition asks “what company wants you to drink all night and work with
radiation the next day?” The opposition
states “going wet is totally economic” to keep workers in the area.