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CEDAR RAPIDS — Under a proposal headed to the Linn County Board of Supervisors, NextEra Energy would pay up to $104,000 in application fees to rezone the land around the Duane Arnold nuclear plant.

Supervisors discussed the application fee Wednesday, and the board will formally vote on the matter next week. The fee structure would apply to any applicant looking to rezone land to the county’s new exclusive use zoning district for nuclear energy generation and/or waste storage.

Under the formula, applicants would pay a $40,000 base fee plus $100 per megawatt of energy the facility is expected to produce at full capacity.

“Nuclear power plants have a smaller footprint (than some other energy p

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