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Utah pushes for life‑cycle nuclear campus as officials discuss a roughly 10‑year timeline
Summary
Utah officials and the NRC chairman discussed state laws enabling testing and life‑cycle innovation campuses and a possible 10‑year timeline to commercial nuclear deployment if projects move forward; both urged faster action to build construction capacity.
The governor told the audience that Utah has passed legislation to make the state attractive for nuclear testing and life‑cycle campus applications, and asked the NRC chairman whether commercial deployment could occur on roughly a 10‑year timeline. "We're probably on a 10 year timeline, before we actually get commercial nuclear again in this country," the governor said, asking what could accelerate that schedule.
Chairman Nee said getting "shovels in the ground" and moving from pilot reactors to larger commercial projects is essential to rebuild the construction workforce and capture efficiencies across projects. He recommended coordinated efforts by federal, state and private actors and cited Department of Energy pilot projects as stimuli for investment. Both speakers emphasized that the regulatory changes the NRC is pursuing are intended to make such a timeline more achievable, though specific project schedules were not provided in the remarks.
