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Little’s challengers in Idaho gubernatorial race express concern over nuclear innovation campus deal

  • Clark Corbin

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 […]

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New nuclear campus deal would require Idaho to accept, store spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste 

  • Clark Corbin

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, […]

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Hyperscale data center, natural gas-fired project planned for Paducah’s former nuclear plant

  • Liam Niemeyer

More than $100 billion in private investment will go to build a massive hyperscale data center along with new natural gas-fired power plants at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in McCracken County, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday.  The public-private partnership – including data center developer Brookfield, energy company NextEra Energy and local […]