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The Idea of Nuclear Power? Just Peachy in This Part of South Carolina

July 3, 2008 – 6:18 am

(Photo by Phil Taylor)Gaffney, South Carolina’s one-million gallon “Peachoid.”
Did you know Cherokee County, S.C., once produced more peaches than the entire state of Georgia? A million-gallon, peach-shaped water tower built along I-85 was my first hint while driving into Gaffney, where Duke Energy plans to build a 2,234 megawatt nuclear power plant.

By ptaylor | Posted in Politics and The Environment | Also tagged Cherokee County, Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, coal, Dominion, Duke Energy, Gaffney, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, South Carolina | Comments

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