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In May, the university and Duke Energy Indiana released a report that suggested a small reactor — the technical term is a small modular reactor, or SMR for short — be built on or near campus to “achieve a carbon-free future with reliable energy 24 hours a day.”
This doesn’t mean a reactor will be built in West Lafayette, Indiana, anytime soon.That study recommended yet more study and, given the lengthy nature of getting a nuclear reactor licensed, the report said it might be the late 2030s before a reactor is operational. That seems a long way out, although Purdue’s athletic department also has football games scheduled as far out as 2033 and 2034 — and they’re not planning as far ahead as Virginia Tech, which already has games booked for 2035 (at Alabama and home against South Carolina), 2036 (Notre Dame at home) and 2037 (at Ole Miss).
Nonetheless, the point is that here’s yet another example of the growing enthusiasm for small modular reactors, which Gov. Glenn Youngkin, in particular, wants to add to Virginia’s fleet of energy generators — and which he and Southwest Virginia legislators would specifically like to see in Southwest.
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