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Committee recommends lifting state restriction so energy research center can study nuclear issues

2131385 · January 17, 2025
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 2159, which would remove a statutory restriction interpreted to bar the state energy research center from researching nuclear energy topics, including spent-fuel handling.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 2159, a measure to remove language that has been interpreted to prevent the state Energy and Environmental Research Center's State Energy Research Center from studying issues related to nuclear energy, including spent-fuel handling.

"There is a provision that prohibits research relating to exploration, storage,…

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