The Linn County Board of Supervisors are paving the way for Iowa to make its way back into the nuclear energy space.
The supervisors approved a new ordinance for nuclear energy at a Sept. 3 meeting. Though not authorizing a plant, the change creates the legal framework for the proposal of a new plant in the future.
The ordinance sets land use rules, application requirements, and a Host Community Agreement, or HCA, which is a legally binding contract requiring a nuclear facility to compensate Linn County to cover costs associated with public safety, emergency response, infrastructure, and other community impacts associated with hosting the facility…