A Cold War-era atomic bomb site could be used to host the largest US solar power site and other clean energy projects, the Department of Energy said. 'These sites are all safe now,' the US energy secretary said
The DOE said it has identified about 70,000 acres of land across five states, most of which has been used as a buffer for national security purposes, that could eventually host clean energy projects including solar, wind and nuclear power.
“These sites are all safe now, they are completely clean and ready for redevelopment,” U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at an event at her department's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Granholm presented the Cleanup to Clean Energy plan to help achieve President Joe Biden's clean electricity goals. The administration wants the U.S. grid to run on clean energy by 2035. Many of the sites already have power customers and work forces, officials said.
The event included developers of renewable power and nuclear power, involving participants with experience implementing clean electricity projects generating at least 200 megawatts.-Hanford Site, Richland, Washington-Savannah River Site, Aiken, South CarolinaThe U.S. government built Hanford and other complexes in the 1940s to produce plutonium and uranium for atomic bombs under the Manhattan Project.
Hanford is now decommissioned. Decontaminating leaks of highly radioactive waste and other pollution at the overall site has already cost billions of dollars and will for many years.Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Laura Sanicola in Washington Editing by Marguerita ChoyReports on oil and energy, including refineries, markets and renewable fuels. Previously worked at Euromoney Institutional Investor and CNN.Timothy reports on energy and environment policy and is based in Washington, D.C.
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