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Kentucky energy official outlines site‑screening method, $75 million site‑readiness program and 'nuclear‑ready' community test
Summary
Kentucky's Director of Energy Policy described ORSAGE-based site screening, a $75 million state package to support licensing up to three sites under Senate Bill 57, and a three‑part 'nuclear‑ready' community designation that emphasizes public forums, local approval and workforce training.
Director Kenya Stumpier of Kentucky's Office of Energy Policy told Delaware's SCR 18 Task Force that Kentucky used GAIN and Oak Ridge tools (ORSAGE) to screen potential regions and economic‑development sites rather than to select final locations. Stumpier said the screening focused on acreage, population within four miles, water for cooling, wetlands and protected lands, slope and landslide hazard, floodplains and proximity to hazardous facilities or seismic faults.
Stumpier emphasized the distinction between site screening and site selection. "We have not selected any proposed sites," she said, and described screening as a way to ‘‘point you in the right direction’’ before any on‑the‑ground work. She said Kentucky prioritized existing power and industrial sites…
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