nuclear power

A race toward a century-old dream of near-infinite energy from fusion is heating up across the U.S., and Tennessee just took one step forward.

The U.S. Army announced deals Wednesday that could give energy vendors up to $2.2 billion to construct, operate and own nuclear microreactors on five bases across the country – including at Fort Campbell.

General Matter, the company behind one of the billion-dollar private uranium enrichment projects in McCracken County, is hosting a community open house meeting Monday afternoon in Paducah.

A pair of community education meetings on nuclear energy in McCracken County will be held on June 11 and 12.

At a two-day conference in Frankfort this week, Kentucky officials on both sides of the aisle expressed support for a nuclear power future in the state. But some Kentuckians have concerns about the cost of nuclear projects as well as safety risks they could carry.

A cryptocurrency mining facility in McCracken County could one day be powered by a small modular nuclear reactor under a new business partnership announced Wednesday between an energy tech company and a data center developer.

Crowds packed three separate meeting rooms at West Kentucky Community & Technical College in Paducah Wednesday for the Public Service Commission’s hearing on nuclear power generation, part of a series of meetings taking place across the state this spring. Several people used the opportunity to publicly criticize a pair of nuclear projects underway in the area.

As the nuclear energy economy continues to accelerate across the United States, lawmakers in Kentucky are weighing a bill that would see the commonwealth invest tens of millions of dollars toward developing sites for reactors.

Officials from McCracken County and the City of Paducah are encouraging the public to submit comments on a federal rule change that would allow some nuclear projects to bypass environmental reviews.

With multiple nuclear facilities being built in the Bluegrass State, the Kentucky Public Service Commission has scheduled a series of public information meetings to hear what Kentuckians have to say about the industry’s potential impacts on their communities.