Secretary of Energy supports quadrupling U.S. nuclear power generation in Idaho National Lab visit

Energy Secretary Tours 17 Labs And Urges Wyoming To Join “Nuclear Renaissance”

During a tour of the Idaho National Lab on Monday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright described Wyoming as a “tremendous energy state” and urged support for nuclear fuel manufacturing like what BWXT is proposing for Gillette.

DOE Secretary visits INL as Trump administration hones in on nuclear energy

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright talking with Idaho National Labooratory John Wagner outside of the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments Monday morning. | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com ARCO — On Monday, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright toured the Idaho National Laboratory and its facilities as the lab aims to usher in the new nuclear renaissance. The tour was the culmination of Wright’s tour, during wh…

Secretary of Energy supports quadrupling U.S. nuclear power generation in Idaho National Lab visit

ARCO, Idaho (KIFI) — U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright touted the Trump administration’s efforts to “unleash the next American Nuclear Renaissance,” affirming his support for expanding America's nuclear energy capacity four-fold in the next 25 years — from 100 gigawatts in 2025 to 400 gigawatts by 2050 — during his tour of Idaho National Laboratory on Monday. "We have tremendous interest right now. Private businesses and private capital to b…