Does Liberty Get Some Of Its Power From Russia?

* Partial picture from USNews & World Report

Where does Liberty's power come from?

I read an interesting article in The New York Times this morning about how older Russian nuclear missile warheads have been dismantled and the nuclear fuel repurposed for use in US nuclear power plants.

From the story:

"For about 10 percent of electricity in the United States, it’s fuel from dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones.

But if more diluted weapons-grade uranium isn’t secured soon, the pipeline could run dry, with ramifications for consumers, as well as some American utilities and their Russian suppliers."

A significant portion of the power generated by Duke Power is created in their Oconee nuclear facility.

Even though the story doesn't specifically mention Duke Energy (which serves Liberty) - it could use nuclear warheads as part of its fuel source.

The story did mention this about South Carolina:

"The American plutonium recycling program is also well under way at a factory being built at the Energy Department’s Savannah River site in South Carolina to dismantle warheads from the American arsenal; a type of plutonium fuel, called mixed-oxide fuel, will come on the market in 2017. In total, the 34 tons to be recycled there are expected to generate enough electricity for a million American homes for 50 years."