{"id":1933098,"date":"2023-05-18T05:10:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-tennessee-governor-wants-state-to-be-leader-in-nuclear-energy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T05:13:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:13:57","slug":"in-depth-tennessee-governor-wants-state-to-be-leader-in-nuclear-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-tennessee-governor-wants-state-to-be-leader-in-nuclear-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"TN Governor aims for state to lead in nuclear energy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-depth-tennessee-governor-wants-state-to-be-leader-in-nuclear-energy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tennessee Aims to Lead in Nuclear Energy<\/h2>\n<p>Tennessee, home to the Manhattan Project and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is striving to become the national leader in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-trade-deal-published-as-uk-calls-for-end-to-ugly-divisions\/\" title=\"Brexit trade deal published as UK calls for end to \u2018ugly\u2019 divisions\">nuclear energy<\/a>. Governor Bill Lee recently signed an executive order to promote and invest in &#8220;safe, clean and reliable nuclear energy&#8221; in the state. The order establishes the Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council and creates a $50 million fund to attract <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-military-officials-unite-in-opposition-to-biden-admins-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Israeli Military Officials Unite in Opposition to Biden Admin\u2019s Iran Deal\">nuclear industry<\/a> companies to the state.<\/p>\n<h3>Lee&#8217;s Vision for Tennessee<\/h3>\n<p>In his January address, Governor Lee made nuclear energy a priority, proposing the $50 million fund to establish &#8220;a nuclear development and manufacturing ecosystem built for the future of Tennessee.&#8221; Lee believes that Tennessee&#8217;s legacy, resources, and potential make it the ideal state to lead America&#8217;s energy independence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-tennessee-governor-wants-state-to-be-leader-in-nuclear-energy\/\" title=\"TN Governor aims for state to lead in nuclear energy.\">drive continued economic growth<\/a> with safe, clean, and reliable nuclear energy.<\/p>\n<h3>Nuclear&#8217;s Role in Economic Development<\/h3>\n<p>Lee believes that nuclear energy will be key to Tennessee&#8217;s future and economy. He mentioned that Tennessee is home to four major automotive manufacturers, including GM, Volkswagen, Nissan, and Ford. Ford recently chose Tennessee&#8217;s Memphis megasite for their new &#8220;Blue Oval City&#8221; production site, which will be the largest Ford facility in the world. Lee believes that electricity is essential in attracting and keeping businesses, and nuclear power is a crucial component of Tennessee&#8217;s energy strategy.<\/p>\n<h3>Building a Skilled Workforce<\/h3>\n<p>Lee emphasized the importance of education in increasing the nuclear energy field in Tennessee. The state has invested in middle and high school Career Technical Education courses, state career and technical colleges, and partnerships with the Oak Ridge National Lab and the University of Tennessee to generate a skilled workforce.<\/p>\n<h3>The Council&#8217;s Role<\/h3>\n<p>The Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council will analyze potential barriers to establishing an advanced nuclear industry in the state and promote safe, clean, and reliable nuclear energy as a crucial aspect of Tennessee&#8217;s conservation strategy. The council will include representatives from government, higher education, workforce development, local government, and the utility and nuclear industries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tennessee aims to become the national leader in nuclear energy<\/li>\n<li>Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order to promote and invest in &#8220;safe, clean and reliable nuclear energy&#8221; in the state<\/li>\n<li>The order establishes the Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council and creates a $50 million fund to attract nuclear industry companies to the state<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear energy is a crucial component of Tennessee&#8217;s energy strategy for economic development<\/li>\n<li>The state has invested in education to generate a skilled workforce for the nuclear industry<\/li>\n<li>The council will analyze potential barriers to establishing an advanced nuclear industry in the state and promote safe, clean, and reliable nuclear energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee, known for the Manhattan Project and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, aims to lead in nuclear energy. Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order on May 16 to advance nuclear energy in the state. The order establishes the Tennessee Nuclear Energy Working Group to develop policies and strategies for the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":1933099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[6094,4486,4173,6961,4639],"class_list":["post-1933098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-aims","tag-energy","tag-governor","tag-lead","tag-nuclear"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}