Work has already begun on what will become the closest-ever nuclear reactor to Green Country. Developers told 2 News it will bring not only electricity to Oklahomans, but job potential.
Deep Fission is the company building a test reactor by 2027 at Great Plains Industrial Park, an economic competitor of Mid-America Industrial Park in Pryor. Deep Fission is contracted with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program, announced last year, and aims to eventually drill at least one commercial well more than a mile underground for its first reactor as a company.
WATCH: Kansas nuclear reactor developers hope for Oklahomans’ labor
Kansas nuclear reactor developers hope for Oklahomans’ labor
The first public meeting in nearby Parsons, Kan. on March 12 drew plenty of curiosity and criticism alike…