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Tribes, DOE, Air Force Weigh In On Clean Energy Projects at Nevada Site

Tribes, DOE, Air Force Weigh In On Clean Energy Projects at Nevada Site
The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration last year secretly shipped half a metric ton of weapon-usable plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site's Device Assembly Building, pictured here. Credit: National Nuclear Security Administration

Use of the Department of Energy’s Nevada National Security Site for carbon-free energy will not include small modular reactors, a local manager for DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration, told a federal advisory panel Wednesday. “Small modular reactors are not an option” for the Nevada site, “David Bowman, manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nevada office, told DoE’s Site-Specific Advisory Board for the Nevada Site during a meeting that was webcast. Bowman did not elaborate. DoE is targeting solar-powered…

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