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Senate bill to create nuclear energy development grant program in Ky passes committee

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Kentucky state Sen. Danny Carroll, a Republican from Paducah, is sponsoring a bill to create a grant program designed to attract nuclear energy developments to the Bluegrass State.(LRC Public Information) Senate Bill 179 aims to build on other efforts to create opportunities for the state to pursue investments in nuclear energy, setting aside $10 million from existing appropriations to the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Nuclear Energy D…

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Kentucky Senate passes bill creating nuclear energy grant program

Sen. Danny Carroll, R-Benton, said Kentucky is falling behind Tennessee and other states in nuclear energy development. (LRC Public Information, 2023 photo)The GOP-controlled Kentucky Senate unanimously passed a bill Friday that would create a grant program to support nuclear energy development in the state, building off the establishment last year of a research authority dedicated to studying and supporting nuclear energy. Senate Bill 179, spo…

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