Hobbs vetoes bill to fast-track small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 392

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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A bill to allow utility companies to build small nuclear reactors without having to conduct environmental studies or public hearings and bar nearly all Arizona counties from regulating them was among the dozens of measures vetoed last week by Gov. Katie Hobbs.

The measure would have barred any county, except for ones “with 500,000 people or more,” from “preventing, restricting or otherwise regulating the use or occupation of land or improvements for the …

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