Erik B. Olson: Utah’s clean energy future should include nuclear

Utah’s clean energy future is under threat from an unholy alliance of anti-nuclear environmentalists and free market ideologues. Last week, the Utah Taxpayers Association joined HEAL Utah in calling for 27 Utah municipalities to withdraw from a groundbreaking nuclear energy project.The project would produce more than 150MW of electricity for Utah from 12 small, next-generation, nuclear reactors sited at the Idaho National Laboratory. Together, with wind and solar energy, the project holds