A western Wisconsin utility is exploring whether to bring nuclear power back to the site of Wisconsin’s first nuclear power plant.
Dairyland Power Cooperative announced a collaboration with Applied Atomics, a company that builds and operates small modular nuclear reactors.
Grover Hettel, Dairyland’s executive vice president and chief nuclear officer, said the cooperative is interested in nuclear power as a complement to current solar and wind projects and a potential alternative to the cooperative’s existing coal-fired plant…