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Why would Harry Wheeler be against building a Nuclear Plant in this area? What is your reason on the issue? Harry Wheeler - retired textile worker, spends most of his time fishing in Lake Halido

Why would Harry Wheeler be against building a Nuclear Plant in this area? What is your reason on the issue? Harry Wheeler - retired textile worker, spends most of his time fishing in Lake Halido

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Why would Harry Wheeler be against building a Nuclear Plant in this area? What is your reason on the issue?

Harry Wheeler - retired textile worker, spends most of his time fishing in Lake Halido

The town of Silby is located in the southern U.S. along the shores of Lake Halido. Silby has a population 23,000, For the last half of the 20th century, a majority of the people in the area were employed by several rayon producing factories and the clothing industry which spun off of the rayon factories; however, since the passage of NAFTA the rayon and clothing industry have declined rapidly over the past two decades. In fact, they employ only 15% of the people that were employed in 1990. Hence, unemployment rate is 31% which is much higher than the national average. In addition, a high percentage of the 31% unemployed are young people between 18 – 25 years old.Crime including use of illegal drugs is relatively high with more than 70% of theft and other serious crimes being committed by young offenders (14-25 years of age). Forty years ago the lake was an EPA hotspot cleanup site due to contamination of the lake by rayon waste. Lake Halido is connected by a waterway to Port Hadisto on the coast, and barges carrying grain and timber navigate the waterway to and from Lake Halido. Also container barges carrying clothing imported from the Philippines, Taiwan, China, and Indonesia unload at a facility on Lake Halido where there is a clothing distribution plant owned by the South Korean Company Okidawa Textiles. Lake Halido has a lot of waterfront property, but it is mostly owned by well-to-do "snowbirds" who spend their winters on Lake Hadlido, fishing skiing and recreating, but leave in the summer for their other homes. The north shore of the lake is a wildlife refuge and one of only two nesting sites in the U.S. for the snail kite. A power generating company wants to build a nuclear power station on the south side of the lake and use the lake as a source of cooling water. In addition, a large deposit of iron ore was recently discovered near to the lake, and part of the regional development package proposed for the area is to use the ore to make steel using power from the nuclear power station and then try to attract steel requiring industries to the area.
Transcribed Image Text:The town of Silby is located in the southern U.S. along the shores of Lake Halido. Silby has a population 23,000, For the last half of the 20th century, a majority of the people in the area were employed by several rayon producing factories and the clothing industry which spun off of the rayon factories; however, since the passage of NAFTA the rayon and clothing industry have declined rapidly over the past two decades. In fact, they employ only 15% of the people that were employed in 1990. Hence, unemployment rate is 31% which is much higher than the national average. In addition, a high percentage of the 31% unemployed are young people between 18 – 25 years old.Crime including use of illegal drugs is relatively high with more than 70% of theft and other serious crimes being committed by young offenders (14-25 years of age). Forty years ago the lake was an EPA hotspot cleanup site due to contamination of the lake by rayon waste. Lake Halido is connected by a waterway to Port Hadisto on the coast, and barges carrying grain and timber navigate the waterway to and from Lake Halido. Also container barges carrying clothing imported from the Philippines, Taiwan, China, and Indonesia unload at a facility on Lake Halido where there is a clothing distribution plant owned by the South Korean Company Okidawa Textiles. Lake Halido has a lot of waterfront property, but it is mostly owned by well-to-do "snowbirds" who spend their winters on Lake Hadlido, fishing skiing and recreating, but leave in the summer for their other homes. The north shore of the lake is a wildlife refuge and one of only two nesting sites in the U.S. for the snail kite. A power generating company wants to build a nuclear power station on the south side of the lake and use the lake as a source of cooling water. In addition, a large deposit of iron ore was recently discovered near to the lake, and part of the regional development package proposed for the area is to use the ore to make steel using power from the nuclear power station and then try to attract steel requiring industries to the area.
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