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December 22, 2020

Idaho top choice for new nuclear test reactor

  • Officials say the reactor is needed to help revamp the nation's fading nuclear power industry and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
    • By KEITH RIDLER
    Associated Press

    BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is the top choice for the first new nuclear test reactor in the country in decades, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.

    The agency released a draft environmental impact statement naming the Idaho National Laboratory as its preferred site for the proposed Versatile Test Reactor, or VTR.


     
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