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Amid ‘nuclear renaissance,’ Idaho worries about job demands coming to the Intermountain West
As Utah takes action to power up its nuclear ambitions, the next generation of workers needed for future reactors are mostly unprepared. In neighboring Idaho, which hosts the Idaho National Lab focused on nuclear research, the scenario is similar and keeps some state officials up at night trying to find solutions for what’s expected to become a booming workforce market. Wendi Secrist, executive director at the Idaho Workforce Development Council, says her office keeps busy trying to figure out ways to grow the workforce to meet the needs of the nuclear energy industry amid its comeback ...
