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Nebraska utility reviews sites for small modular nuclear reactors using US pandemic aid

January 18, 2023

Nebraska Public Power District is studying possible sites for small modular reactors, using $1 million in federal pandemic aid for low-income communities affected by weather threats to grid resilience.

As an owner of Cooper Nuclear Station, NPPD qualified to apply for the American Rescue Plan Act funding. Its proposal was approved Jan. 6 by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.

“We are always looking at new technologies and what innovations are being made in the field of energy generation,” said Roman Estrada, generation research senior program manager at NPPD.

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