There are 102 steel-reinforced concrete storage casks holding spent nuclear fuel rods at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. (Courtesy of Taylor Kendrick/Entergy Arkansas One)
Building new nuclear reactors in Arkansas is both “feasible and advisable,” a consultant hired by a legislative panel said Thursday, but state assistance with preparation and financing may be required.
The finding came one year after the Joint Energy Committee hired the consultant, Maryland-based EXCEL Services Corporation, to study the possibility of new nuclear reactors in the state…