WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jim Risch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and U.S. Representative Mike Simpson (all R-Idaho) celebrated the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA) announcement awarding approximately $31 million to the Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Corridor (INEC) Tech Hub, a regional initiative led by the Idaho Advanced Energy Consortium (IAEC) of more than 45 organizations across Idaho and Wyoming.
The INEC Tech Hub aims to leverage the region's existing nuclear ecosystem to accelerate the deployment and commercialization of advanced nuclear reactors, strengthen domestic nuclear supply chains, and enhance U.S. energy security. IAEC estimates the Tech Hub will create mo...