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Energy Secretary and Nuclear Waste Firms Advocate for Oklahoma Site

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Energy Secretary Jeff Starling hosted an information session on September 30 at Oral Roberts University, discussing Oklahoma’s bid to host a nuclear waste storage and reprocessing campus. The U.S. Department of Energy plans to select three states for this initiative by year-end, and Oklahoma aims to be one of them with the Oklahoma Nuclear Innovation Campus (ONIC). This project would utilize Oklahoma’s existing expertise in oil and gas, utilizing deep borehole technology from Deep Isolation, and would allow for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel. The campus is projected to create around 200 jobs and stimulate further economic development statewide. Legislative hurdles remain, but bipartisan support is expected in the upcoming session.

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