Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) signed legislation Wednesday ending a decades-old barrier to building new nuclear power plants as the state grapples with rising energy demand and costs.
The new law alters the state’s permitting process, removing what had functioned as a de facto moratorium on new nuclear facilities by updating requirements around radioactive waste storage.
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