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Utah selected as potential site for nuclear fuel recycling campus
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The US Department of Energy selected Utah (along with Idaho, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Louisiana) as a potential host state for a nuclear fuel life cycle innovation campus, with Utah proposing a Tooele County facility focused on fuel recycling and processing to rebuild domestic nuclear supply chains.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Clean Energy, and 3 sources have reported it between 28 Jul 2026 and 3 Aug 2026.
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A domestic nuclear fuel recycling campus is coming to the US, and Utah just won the first selection round—this means the 91,000 tons of spent fuel sitting in cooling pools will become a raw material market, and companies that can process, transport or repackage that material have a federal customer with a September host agreement deadline.
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3 sources · first reported 28 Jul 2026 · latest 3 Aug 2026
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