Hyperion now has some competition: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2009/3/a-nuke-on-the-yukon
"A Nuke on the Yukon? Mini-nukes arrive at the regulatory gate. Will they get through? Morgan Ryan Galena, Alaska, could be the type specimen for remoteness. A tiny town of about 700 on a bend of the Yukon River, it has no roads in and depends on the river for food, fuel and supplies. The river is frozen eight to nine months of the year. Galena residents pay three times the national average per kilowatt hour for diesel-generated electricity. Alternative energy would have special appeal for Galena, but with an evening that stretches 20 hours in the winter, solar is out. With the help of Toshiba and its American holding, Westinghouse, Galena is thinking nuclear. " <more>
