While the Virginia Department of Energy has not yet scheduled follow-ups to its January 8 public education meeting on energy projects, five activist groups have a 12-day series of meetings on one project – small nuclear reactors.
A year after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced the goal of a small nuclear reactor in Southwest Virginia in the next decade, activists are wondering when the public will be past of the planning process.
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