Statement From EWG on NuScale Decision to Pull Plug on SMR Boondoggle With DOE
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2023:
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On November 8, news broke that NuScale Power, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, or UAMPS, and the U.S. Department of Energy have terminated their disastrous small modular reactor, or SMR, nuclear project. The boondoggle has wasted hundreds of millions in taxpayer money.
"It's about time the plug was pulled on this small modular reacto . . .
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On November 8, news broke that NuScale Power, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, or UAMPS, and the U.S. Department of Energy have terminated their disastrous small modular reactor, or SMR, nuclear project. The boondoggle has wasted hundreds of millions in taxpayer money.
"It's about time the plug was pulled on this small modular reacto . . .