Nuclear companies discuss future of Idaho power
Wednesday’s meeting of the Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission touched on the biggest energy-related stories in Idaho and across the country.
The cornerstone of the commission’s most recent quarterly meeting was a presentation from the leaders of multiple companies that design and engineer nuclear reactors. NuScale, one of the major private partners for INL, spoke about its developing technology as did TerraPower, Oklo, and X-energy.
NuScale’s chief strategy officer Chris Colbert combined the discussion about nuclear power with another major interest of the commission: cybersecurity. Colbert used last week’s ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which took down one of the East Coast’s largest oil pipelines and has led to widespread panic buying of gasoline, to show the need for a diverse energy grid.
“To have a resilient resource available to you, in the event of disruption due to a cyber attack, is a handy thing to have. We have been expecting that kind of attack to happen much sooner,” Colbert said.
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