Crazy or Genius? A Nuclear-Powered Solution to the West’s Water Crisis

In the middle of the desert sits a sign: “Caution docks may be slippery.” They are not.

In fact, there’s not a drop of water to be seen at Antelope Point Marina, which once sat near the shore of Lake Powell, the nation’s second-largest reservoir. The sparkling Colorado River now laps at the Glen Canyon walls about 180 feet below, completely invisible from a dock that once floated atop the water.