Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant on Lake Erie

Just outside of Toledo, Ohio on Lake Erie stands the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant.  Right now the question of whether it should get a new license is being considered.  Below is a newspaper article and below that is a link to more information about this plant. There have been serious incidents at this plant.


Akron Beacon Journal 2/4/2011


Eco-groups fight license renewal


Environmentalists oppose 20 more years of operation for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station near Toledo


Published on Friday, Feb 04, 2011


Beacon Journal staff report


Four environmental groups are fighting the renewal of the federal operating license for FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station on Lake Erie in northwest Ohio.


The groups — Beyond Nuclear, the Green Party of Ohio, Don't Waste Michigan and Citizens Environmental Alliance of Southwestern Ontario — are seeking to intervene in the case.


Their efforts have been opposed by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.


A hearing is scheduled March 1 before the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis-Besse_Nuclear_Power_Station

The Pennsyvania Coast: Lake Erie and Presquile

http://www.goerieblogs.com/other/presqueislenaturally/  Here is a good link to pictures and natural features of Presquile, PA.

The French name, Presquile means almost an island. It is a spit of land built by the wind and waves and the wind and waves change its shape continually depending upon the storms and water levels of Lake Erie.  It is dynamic--always changing.

There is a hardwood forest of oaks, hemlocks and ash trees and on the damp forest floor ferns and mushrooms of many shapes and colors push up through the dead leaves.  It's a good place for bird watchers.

In the summer, people flock to its sandy beaches.

Lake Erie's Ohio Shore and Islands

There is an archipelago of islands on the western end of Lake Erie:  South Bass Island, Middle Bass Island, North Bass Isand, Pelee Island and Kelleys Island.  On the North side of Kelleys Island, great grooves left by the last glacier are scoured deep into the limestone.  A trough 400 feet long and thirty five feet wide shows the direction of the glacier as it moved forward.

Fishing boats troll for warm water species of fish such as bass, walleye and yellow perch around these islands and elsewhere on Lake Erie.  Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and holds good fishing for these species.

Pictured are Glacial grooves on Kelley's Island