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Resident urges county to study small modular nuclear reactors after executive mention
Summary
During the privilege-of-the-floor period, a resident asked the committee to request a report from the planning department on the status and development timeline for small modular nuclear reactors after the county executive mentioned the technology in a State of the County address.
A resident used the privilege-of-the-floor segment of the April 16 meeting to urge the Chautauqua County Planning and Economic Development Committee to request a staff report on small modular nuclear reactors.
The speaker said the county executive, in the recent State of the County message, “opened the door” to the possibility of small modular or micro-nuclear power generation in Chautauqua County and asked the committee to have the planning department provide a basic report at the May or June meeting on the current state of knowledge and development of such projects. The resident cited recent news coverage and investments by several companies, and asked for a working document that would help explain to constituents how the county might evaluate invitations from companies or requests to coordinate with federal regulators.
The chairman said he agreed with the request. No formal action or vote on the request was recorded in the committee; the matter was entered as a request for staff research and a potential future agenda item.
