The U.S. currently has no permanent disposal facility for that radioactive waste, the NRC says. That means all waste from ...

One bill that sailed through the state House of Representatives with unanimous approval would facilitate future nuclear ...

One of the factors to bringing nuclear energy to Utah as a source to help the grid and grow economic development is to foster ...

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Efforts to keep Utah’s power generation reliable and affordable continue in the Legislature this year with bills proposed and ...

Outside the House chamber, they waited patiently for representatives to rush out and talk to them between votes.

The future for nuclear power in Utah is still evolving, and currently Utah does not generate any electricity from nuclear energy according to the Energy Information Administration.

"This will not be a plant tomorrow or the next day ... But he said nuclear power must be considered as part of Utah's energy portfolio that also includes renewable sources like solar and wind.

Senate President Stuart Adams went further in his address Tuesday morning and aims to triple energy production by 2050 to power data centers in hopes of placing Utah on the vanguard of artificial ...

After a couple of years focusing on keeping coal burning to power the state, Republican lawmakers are expanding their focus to cover hyperscale demands, potentially from data and artificial ...