Smaller nuclear reactors spark renewed interest in a once-shunned energy source

Nuclear power proposal emerges for Jerome County site where controversial wind project stalled

A company is proposing to build small nuclear power generators in Jerome County, Idaho, on land near where the stalled Lava Ridge wind energy project was once planned.Sawtooth Energy Development Corporation wants to install six small modular reactors that would generate 462 megawatts of power."The fact is that no matter where we look, everyone is talking about this is going to be a need for the electricity in the not too distant future," Dan Ada…

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Smaller nuclear reactors spark renewed interest in a once-shunned energy source

By David Montgomery, Stateline.org ABILENE, Texas — Bolstered by $3.2 million from a former Midland oilman, this West Texas city of 130,000 people is helping the Lone Star State lead a national nuclear energy resurgence. Doug Robison’s 2021 donation to Abilene Christian University helped the institution win federal approval to house an advanced small modular nuclear reactor, which might be finished as soon as next year. Small modular reactors ar…