First-of-its-kind nuclear project led by Oregon-based company scuttled

Oregon-based NuScale Power was involved in the project that would have generated enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes.

WASHINGTON — A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday, another blow to the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects.

Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only small modular nuclear reactor design certified for use in the United States. For its first project, the company was working with a group of Utah utilities to demonstrate a six-reactor plant at the Idaho National Laboratory, generating enough electricity to power more than 300,000

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