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U.S. Senate Holds Hearing to Review the NLIC Full Lifecycle Innovation Campus Plan

On September 23, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (EPW) held a special hearing titled Updating America’s Nuclear Waste Management Policy, systematically examining the major engineering, legal, and political challenges facing the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses (NLIC) plan proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and thoroughly assessing the legislative urgency for Congress to amend the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). ...

2026-09-27

West Virginia Joins Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Center Program

On September 9, 2026, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the state has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to join the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Center (NLIC) program, becoming the sixth participating state. Earlier this year, the DOE had identified Idaho, Tennessee, Utah, Oklahoma, and Louisiana as potential host states. With West Virginia's addition, the state will work with the DOE to evaluate potential sites and advance possible host agreements. According to reports, the NLIC program aims to support activities across the full nuclear fuel lifecycle...

2026-09-09