Utah Will Bid for Nuclear Fuel 'Lifecycle' Campus in Tooele County

Utah to apply with feds for a nuclear campus in remote Tooele County

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announces Utah will be applying with the U.S. Department of Energy to host a "nuclear lifecycle innovation campus" in a remote area in northwest Tooele County during a news conference there on March 27, 2026. (Katie McKellar/Utah News Dispatch)Miles down a dusty dirt road — near a small cattle farm and dirt bike trails criss crossing the remote, barren desert in northwest Tooele County — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other stat…

Utah wants a nuclear campus in Tooele County. Here’s how it will compete with other states to get it.

A federal nuclear campus in Tooele County could rival the impact of Hill Air Force Base, “supporting tens of thousands of jobs and generating billions of dollars in economic activity for Utahns," Gov. Spencer Cox said.

Utah will bid for nuclear fuel 'lifecycle' campus in Tooele County

In a remote part of Tooele County about an hour's drive from Salt Lake City, Governor Spencer Cox announced plans for the state to bid on a nuclear fuel lifecycle campus here.The state is submitting a proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy to repurpose some school trust lands here for the facility. It is part of Gov. Cox's "Operation Gigawatt," an expansion of Utah's energy production that includes small-scale nuclear power."Utah is choosing …