The Idaho National Laboratory can thrive without becoming a permanent nuclear waste repository

By: Jim Jones

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: August 27, 2026

Words: 954

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three op-eds written by columnist Jim Jones that discuss Idaho’s application to become the host of one of three Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses in the U.S. The first column, “With lifecycle campus plan, is Idaho getting ready to buy a nuclear waste pig in a poke?” ran Tuesday, and the second, “Water is a missing element in the grand plan to build up …

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