North Alabama is expected to become home to small modular nuclear reactors as part of a $40 billion U.S.-Japan energy partnership announced last week.
The deal, part of a broader $550 billion Japanese investment package tied to a U.S.-Japan trade agreement, calls for GE Vernova-Hitachi to deploy BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Alabama and Tennessee.
The dormant Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Hollywood, roughly 45 miles east of Huntsville, is the expected Alabama site for the project…