Gov predicts Tennessee will be a finalist for nuclear campus

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 408

Last Updated: 23 hours, 2 minutes ago

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Gov. Bill Lee said Monday Tennessee has a “really good chance” at being one of two states in the running for a $50 billion nuclear energy campus but hedged on whether it would store nuclear waste.

Speaking to the Nashville Rotary Club, Lee called it an “incredible opportunity” that the state should pursue because of the importance of building new sources of energy, even saying the state has become the “global epicenter of the new …

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