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How Scott Walker could reignite nuclear energy nationwide

By Kyle Feldscher

Published February 22, 2016 5:01am ET

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How Scott Walker could reignite nuclear energy nationwide — In his proposed budget for fiscal 2017, Obama wants to spend billions on nuclear research in the areas of energy production, safety and cleaning up nuclear waste.

A bipartisan bill sent to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s desk last week could signal warming national attitudes toward nuclear energy.

The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would lift the state’s decades-long ban on new nuclear power plants. While Walker had not made any public statements about the bill as of Wednesday, he had campaigned on a promise to repeal the moratorium when he was elected in 2010.

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