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Show 19 THE NATIONAL ENTERPRISE. SEPTEMBER 21, 1977 Lets say your men make four per day. They chew up at least 15 minutes hunting a phone, dialing the call, hustling back to the job. Thats one productive hour. . .$20 wasted per day (hourly rate for driver vehicle.) call-in- s Nuclear power third motive for a switch to nuclear is the old In most standard: money. parts of the country, nuclear power is far cheaper to proA duce than coal-generate- d That's not true in power. Utah now, but U.P.&L.s pro- Continued from page one rights to southeast Utah, but that wont be enough to last for long. However, Finlayson said with breeder reactors, there will be enough fuel to more than last 1,600 years enough time to develop other sources of energy. jections show the power Let us show you how a JOHNSON TWO WAY RADIO SYSTEM WILL PAY FOR ITSELF. CONTACT US NOW FOR FREE SYSTEM CONSULTATION. VHTIRH STATES C0HUCNICAT10RS, IRC. 3244SOUTH300WEST SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84115 (801) 486-843- 6 sources as becoming roughly equal in cost by the late 1980's, Finalyson said. Beyond that, nuclear power will be cheaper. Cheaper, that is, if you're talking about breeder reactors which regenerate their own fuel but are frowned on by the AlCarter administration. though U.P.&L. is thinking in terms of a conventional nuclear plant in the 1990s, believes a switch to a breeder would be required by 2000 since there just isnt that much uranium to keep feeding the regular plants. "Uranium isnt easy to find," he said, and government estimates of reserves U.P.&L. are questionable. was able to buy properties with active uranium mines in the 1950s and is in the process of acquiring more Fin-layso- n Says Breeders Safe But are the breeders The federal government doesn't seem to think so. Finlayson says they are, unless, of course, a utility employee blew one up from inside. Otherwise, the plants, as planned and built can withstand the impact of a 747 jet crash, and safe? mad-bomb- er isnt concerned about their safety. Theyre Finlayson also cleaner than coal plants, he said. Still, regardless of their safety and economic advantages. the government may still block the Utah company from entering the nuclear A proposed nuclear field. plant site study to be done in conjunction with Idaho Power Co. has been stalled by restrictions placed on it by the Idaho Public Service Commission. The agency wants to be able to approve the consultant who docs the site Yoaoir survey, but "that's exercising management prerogative, Finlayson said. The research director CoimpDefte complained about government wanting to turn the owe utility into a welfare agency, by providing such things as lifeline rates for consumers, and at the same time it wanted to run the low-inco- For Rcpublicsteel Industrial Products company. "As a private enterprise, we should manage the company. Another problem with the Idaho commission, according to Finlayson is that it doesn't allow the company to pass InlamidlDDinig along increased construction costs until the building is completed. A nuclear power plant takes 12 years to build, as opposed to five for a plant. Since 40 percent of the construction costs of a nuclear plant arc incurred in the first seven years, its more economic to Continued on page 21 epjjpment coal-fuele- d Sales Service Parts Rental Financing Leasing Silver Fork Lodge - - Breakfast r --- Lunch Dinner In Daytime Business Conferences Groups to 50 - Rack - Shelving - Conveyors - Dock Seals Dock - Fork Lifts Lights - Hand Trucks Cranes Loaders Overnight "Get Away" $19. 2975 WEST 21st SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 84125 801-972-40- double occupancy 00 CHECK OUT THE ARNOLD EDGE Brighton Canyon, Utah |