5 States Offer to Accept Nuclear Waste in Exchange for Help Developing Nuclear Energy
The non-binding agreements could bring up to $50 billion in private investment and create 25,000 jobs, the Energy Department said.
- On Tuesday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced Tennessee, Utah, Louisiana, Idaho, and Oklahoma as five initial contenders to host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses designed to modernize the domestic nuclear fuel cycle.
- Addressing the backlog of nearly 100,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, the initiative seeks to modernize the nation's full nuclear fuel cycle and strengthen America's leadership in advanced nuclear energy.
- Projections suggest these campuses could attract up to $50 billion in private investment and generate as much as $10 billion in state and local tax revenues, the Energy Department said.
- Governor Kevin Stitt called the selection a "once in a lifetime opportunity for our state," saying Oklahoma is "grateful to President Trump and Secretary Wright for their leadership."
- Legislative changes remain necessary because current law restricts federal nuclear waste disposal to Yucca Mountain, a project stalled by decades of political opposition from Nevada lawmakers and tribal groups.
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Utah may be home to a nuclear innovation campus, Department of Energy announced
A campus to develop nuclear technologies may be coming to Utah, as the U.S. Department of Energy shortens its list of potential hosts for new “nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses,” the federal agency announced Tuesday. Apart from Utah, other four states…
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5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy
Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help to develop nuclear energy and create thousands of jobs.
Five States Eye Nuclear Industry
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that five states, Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho, may serve as host states for new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses in an effort to bolster the nation’s nuclear energy push. The proposed campuses will support the nuclear lifecycle, the Department explained, which includes “fuel fabrication, enrichment, reprocessing used nuclear fuel, and final disposition of used nuclear fuel.” The s…
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