Senate Considers Establishing $50B Nuclear Energy Campuses
DOE advanced five state plans as it seeks to reshape nuclear waste rules and revive a disposal fee, officials said.
- The Department of Energy selected Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah for its nuclear campus initiative, with West Virginia recently added as a contender for the regional hubs.
- More than 95,000 metric tons of nuclear waste remain in temporary storage at 70 reactor sites nationwide, prompting the Department of Energy to build a coherent end-to-end nuclear strategy.
- In July, the Department of Energy announced that 28 states had applied to host nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses, aiming to advance executive orders boosting nuclear energy development.
- Tennessee lawmakers opposed accepting out-of-state waste in August, while Louisiana requested additional time to submit campus plans in mid-September, highlighting political obstacles to the initiative.
- NEI's Ginsberg warned the $51 billion Nuclear Waste Fund "should be used for its intended purpose" of permanent disposal, while Lake Barrett, chair of the American Nuclear Society Nuclear Waste Policy Task Force, noted that storage facility permitting typically takes about three to 10 years.
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Senate considers establishing $50B nuclear energy campuses - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - Members of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works on Wednesday considered a $50 billion federal plan that would fund three future nuclear innovation campuses designed to attract heavy manufacturing industries with abundant energy while also housing radioactive waste. [...]
Senate considers establishing $50B nuclear energy campuses - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – Members of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works on Wednesday considered a $50 billion federal plan that would fund three future nuclear innovation campuses designed to attract heavy manufacturing industries with abundant energy while also housing radioactive waste. Testifying before the committee, Lake Barrett, chair of the American Nuclear Society Nuclear Waste Policy Task Force, urged lawmakers to ov…
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Senate considers establishing $50B nuclear energy campuses
(The Center Square) - Members of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works on Wednesday considered a $50 billion federal plan that would fund three future nuclear innovation campuses designed to attract heavy manufacturing industries with abundant energy…
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