Daily Caller News Foundation (Sean Hustedde), The Star News Network
Two Appalachian states are pushing legislation to introduce nuclear energy to their coal-dominant energy grids. Kentucky’s State Senate passed Senate Bill 57 on March 27, which would create a Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program to lay the foundation for bringing nuclear energy to the coal-dominant state. On the same day as SB 57’s passage, Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey approved House Bill 5381 which would expand the electrical grid through utilizing a plethora of different energy sources, including nuclear.
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