- If I were to speak to somebody about
helping us keep the nuclear
plants in Ohio running,
the first thing I would talk about
is the environmental side of it.
It's clean energy, we're not
polluting the air as we go.
It's zero emission energy.
- One of the biggest misconception
is that the fish glow,
the white tail deer walking
around with two heads.
Hey, we don't leave the carbon footprint,
we're not causing any
harm to the environment.
We're clean energy here.
I still get people ask,
especially younger kids will ask,
how much smoke comes out
of those cooling towers?
- As a child, I thought
the clouds would come
out of the cooling tower and all it is
is the reduction in temperature
of water that we use
to maintain various systems in the plant.
As it goes to the cooling tower,
it cools off, the water vapor goes out,
evaporates to the environment
and we re-use the water back to the plant
and it's a continuous cycle,
with using lake water, and I
obviously have no concerns.
I live six miles away.
- I work very close with the plant itself
and keeping their brigade training up
and I think the power
plant is very efficient,
it gives lots of energy,
I think it's better than
any natural gas plant
that is out there, so I will
support it to it's fullest
and do whatever I can to
keep that power plant there.
- Clean energy has really
become a hot button nationwide.
Here, locally and in our region,
having a clean carbon footprint
which nuclear power provides,
is becoming of most important for us.
- We want to provide an
environment that's going to be
conducive to our future generations
and our children, that we need
to protect our environment
so they get to enjoy
the same type of living
that we have enjoyed.
So obviously, clean air
is one of those resources
we have to protect.
