The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave the go-ahead to French company, Areva, to construct a multi-billion dollar uranium enrichment facility in Idaho. The enriched uranium would be used to supply more than 100 nuclear reactors in the United States. It is anticipated that if planning goes as intended, the operation will be up and running by sometime in 2014.
While the project is touted as bringing hundreds of new jobs to the area, not everyone in this remote community are happy about the new development.
"There is not, never has been and never will be a need for this dangerous uranium enrichment factory," alliance executive director Liz Woodruff said. "There is an ample supply of enriched uranium worldwide today and the government has seriously miscalculated the need for more of it."
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Check out this video from local TV station, KPVI in Pocatello, Idaho....
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