Microreactors are largely in the research phase, and any installation of a microreactor would not happen for several years, the governor’s office said.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday signed legislation that could help bring nuclear microreactors to Alaska in the coming years, in an effort to help villages lower high electricity prices.passed by the Alaska Legislature, streamlines regulatory procedures so that Alaska communities can pursue using the nuclear microreactors if they choose.
The bill signing took place at the governor’s three-day Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage, as the war in Ukraine pushes gas prices to record levels andThe microreactors would use a tiny sliver of the power used in nuclear power plants to provide energy to a village, and would not be hot enough to cause a meltdown, officials with microreactor companies at the conference said.
The event, held at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, focused on renewable power sources like wind and solar, but also featured nuclear power and natural gas. The microreactors took center stage with the bill signing on Tuesday. Mary Woollen, with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. based in Seattle, is working on a feasibility study of the technology for the Copper Valley Electric Association.
Ethan Schutt, an executive with Bristol Bay Native Corp. who helped develop the Fire Island wind energy project west of Anchorage, moderated a panel on Tuesday at the conference.
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