Nuclear in SWVA big topic at Energy Education Series [Video]

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WJHL) — The Virginia Department of Energy hosted its Second Energy Education Series meeting on Thursday, where they presented energy projects and programs.

One big topic was the discussion about the question of whether a small modular nuclear site will be coming to Southwest Virginia.

This comes a day after Governor Glenn Youngkin said other areas outside of Southwest Virginia have shown more interest in SMR sites.

“Right now, there is no parcel of land that has been deemed for insight into a nuclear reactor at this particular moment in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Glenn Davis, Director of the Virginia Department of Energy said.

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Davis said the next steps would be for a private company or utility to come forward with a location of interest.

“It would be a private company or a utility that would go and say, this is …