I’m a fan of nuclear energy. I’m deeply worried about the impact of climate change on our world and our future, and I’ve long been convinced that nuclear energy will be a key part of solving that potentially existential problem, if we manage to do it. Wind and solar are great, and we need more, but I don’t think they’ll solve the problem on their own. And I think nuclear energy is better, both from a safety and environmental point of view, than many other forms of energy like coal.

I vocally supported the Idaho Carbon-Free Power Project, a plan to build a set of small modular reactors, or SMRs — near Idaho Falls, where I live — that were manufactured by NuScale Power.

So I was initially encouraged by reports that there was a plan that could develop NuScale SMRs in the Magic Valley by a c

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