Alaska is looking to regulate an up-and-coming sector of micro nuclear reactors while also opening the state to become an early adopter of the emerging technology, which could prove useful in remote areas of the state.
Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican, recently signed a package of regulations outlining where these reactors could be built in Alaska, a timely response given the U.S. Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) plans to build the state’s first microreactor at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB).
