1) This technology isn’t fully developed yet and hasn’t been deployed commercially anywhere, meaning even if somehow fast-tracked this scenario could be a decade away in North Tonawanda.

2) The council and residents (present) unanimously don’t want it anyway.

3) Health risks from a tragic accident, environmental contamination, tanked home values, radioactive material storage concerns, disposal problems and more were cited from community members as reasons a “micro” nuclear reactor (they aren’t necessarily “small” but certainly much less so than current large-scale reactors) should not be permitted anywhere in North Tonawanda, including [...]