Tennessee named finalist for federal partnership involving nuclear energy sites

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 511

Last Updated: 4 days, 10 hours ago

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The United States Department of Energy announced Tuesday that Tennessee was one of the five states under consideration for a federal partnership as part of the Trump administration’s attempt to boost nuclear energy production.

The program, called the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, would allow Tennessee to build an industrial-like zone that could support “the full nuclear fuel lifecycle, including fuel fabrication, enrichment, reprocessing used nuclear fuel, and disposition of waste.”

“Depending on state priorities …

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