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Utah is interested in recycling nuclear fuel.

6 March 2026March 6, 2026

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The United States doesn’t have a commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing facility and has been at an impasse for decades on a permanent repository to deal with spent nuclear waste. There’s a growing federal appetite to build and operate a domestic nuclear recycling facility, and Utah wants to be top of mind. Read more HERE.

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