Alixel Cabrera

(Utah News Dispatch) Brigham City, a 20,000-people municipality an hour north of Salt Lake City, may become a pioneer in Utah’s efforts to become a nuclear force. And, if everything goes according to plan, the state’s first small modular reactor may start operations in the area in a little more than a decade.

That’s what executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources Joel Ferry hopes and plans for the city now that Hi Tech Solutions, a nuclear power and energy services company, and Holtec International, an energy equipment supplier, are setting up shop in town.

“My goal,” Ferry said, “is to have power flowing within 12 years from a nuclear power generation facility here in Box Elder County.”

To reach the partnership’s energy goals, the companies need to b

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