Trump Administration Picks Five States for Nuclear Fuel-Cycle Hubs

The U.S.

Department of Energy has picked five states led by Republican governors to potentially host nuclear fuel waste in exchange for billions of dollars of support to advance manufacturing in the full nuclear fuel cycle.

These so-called Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses are an ambitious project by the Trump Administration to store and repurpose spent nuclear fuel, support advanced reactor deployment, expand domestic manufacturing, and potentially co-host data centers.

The campuses have the potential to attract up to $50 billion in capital…