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The Future is Fusion
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The Future is Fusion
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Nuclear Power Plant Community Occonee, SC Fall 2022 Partner: Katherine Price
Nuclear energy started to gain popularity as a reliable, affordable source of energy for communities in the 1950s. This energy source is considered a technological and modern wonder during this era. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, power plants were built in large numbers in countries all over the world despite some concerns in the scientific community about nuclear accidents, the storage of radioactive waste, and nuclear proliferation.
What technologies and power generation methods can replace nuclear power once existing plants are out of commission, and how should these technologies be incorporated throughout the existing site and the landscape of upstate South Carolina? Should energy generation and infrastructure be confined to certain places or integrated into the fabric of communities?
What ideas about landscape, technology, infrastructure, and architecture integration into meaningful place-making, and what can this mean for other decommissioned nuclear power plants and the surrounding communities? How can places that brought economic prosperity and environmental and health risks to their communities be made accessible and safe?
