Could nuclear power Alaska’s future?

By: Gwen Holdmann

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 2,642

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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A couple years ago, shortly after Governor Dunleavy began his second term, I was killing time in the Juneau airport waiting for a flight when one of his staff called and said, “You might want to sit down before I tell you this.” The Governor had just thrown out a bold challenge: find a path to 10-cent per kilowatt electricity on the Railbelt. My knee-jerk response was, “That’s impossible.”

But my second thought was …

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