An East Tennessee Republican lawmaker is challenging the governor’s support for bringing a massive nuclear facility to East Tennessee, saying the risk of storing nuclear waste is greater than any economic benefits. Rep. Ed Butler of Rickman sent a letter to Gov. Bill Lee on Aug. 10 expressing his opposition to using Tennessee for nuclear […]
Three of Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s opponents in the 2026 general election say they have concerns with Little’s proposed partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy to bring a new nuclear lifecycle innovation campus to Idaho. Democrat Terri Pickens, independent John Stegner and a Constitution Party candidate who legally changed his name from Marvin Richardson […]
A group of New Mexico advocates unveiled a billboard near Santa Fe on Tuesday that urges the federal Department of Energy to quickly move dozens of barrels full of radioactive waste away from wildfire danger to relative safety underground.
Gov. Bill Lee said Monday Tennessee has a “really good chance” at being one of two states in the running for a $50 billion nuclear energy campus but hedged on whether it would store nuclear waste. Speaking to the Nashville Rotary Club, Lee called it an “incredible opportunity” that the state should pursue because of […]
Idaho would be required to accept spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste if the state becomes one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. On Tuesday, Department of Energy officials announced that Idaho was one of five states selected as a potential host-site for a new nuclear campus, joining Utah, […]
Here we go again, Idaho. While most Americans have been preoccupied with rising food and fuel prices, an ongoing war in the Middle East and the various comings and goings of the Epstein Class, the Trump administration – and accomplices in a few very Trump friendly states – have been quietly concocting a plan to […]
The United States Department of Energy announced Tuesday that Tennessee was one of the five states under consideration for a federal partnership as part of the Trump administration’s attempt to boost nuclear energy production. The program, called the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, would allow Tennessee to build an industrial-like zone that could support “the full […]
Louisiana could be home to one of a handful of new locations the Trump administration envisions to manage the full life cycle of nuclear energy. The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Louisiana and four other states as potential sites for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. Each would handle the enrichment of radioactive materials, deployment of […]
The amendment would build out tailings storage and allow for the disturbance of 28.6 acres within the Custer Gallatin National Forest and 109 acres of private land.
