RE: Buffett on Nukes7:58 p.m. -- Energy company targets Payette County for potential nuclear power plant
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By Ken Dey - Idaho Statesman
Edition Date: 12/03/07
A newly formed nuclear energy company controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is considering building a nuclear power plant in northern Payette County.
MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., a subsidiary of the Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerica Energy Holdings Co., has been doing geologic testing on about 3,300 acres of private land south of Paddock Reservoir.
The is the second proposal for a nuclear power plant in Idaho in less than a year. The first has been proposed on farm land in Owyhee County near Bruneau by a small startup company founded by a former nuclear industry executive.
MidAmerican owns and operates major utilities, including PacificCorp, Oregon’s largest utility, and Rocky Mountain Power, which serves eastern Idaho.
“We’re in a very preliminary due diligence process to look at a potential energy project in Payette County,” Bill Fehrman, president and chief nuclear officer for MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., told the Idaho Statesman on Monday.
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