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October 16, 2020

New type of nuke plant coming to Washington?

  • Energy Northwest will help develop the new reactor.
    • By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
    Associated Press

    SPOKANE — The federal government has chosen the operator of a nuclear power plant near Richland to help develop the next generation of nuclear energy facilities, raising the possibility of a new reactor in central Washington state.

    The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced that Energy Northwest, which operates the only nuclear power plant in the Northwest, will be part of a team developing the next generation of nuclear energy plants.


     
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