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Announcement places Brigham City, Northern Utah at the center of 'nuclear energy ecosystem'
BRIGHAM CITY — Northern Utah is poised to be critical in the future of nuclear power in the state and beyond. On Monday, state and industry officials gathered at the Brigham Academy Center to announce a partnership between Hi Tech Solutions and Holtec International that would make the city the center of a "nuclear energy ecosystem" involved in training operators and workforce, the manufacture of small modular reactors, or SMRs, and potentially even hosting power-generating SMRs in Box Elder County in the future. "Strategically located in Northern Utah’s defense and aerospace ...