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Bannock County commissioners authorize resident survey on nuclear opportunities after debate over outreach and representativeness
Summary
After a lengthy debate over whether digital outreach would yield a representative sample, the commission authorized a county-led resident survey to gauge interest in nuclear-related opportunities (supply-chain work or small modular reactors); staff will publish the survey and return results to the commission.
The commission discussed a proposed county survey to "take the temperature" of residents about potential nuclear-related activity in Bannock County — ranging from supply-chain opportunities to the possibility of hosting small modular reactors — following a site survey and heat map prepared by Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
"They have done a site survey... and we're a good fit," the chair said, summarizing the lab's initial work and the commission’s request to solicit…
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