KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Tri-City Development Council has picked the URS Corp. to study the possible benefits of building a small modular nuclear reactor system at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
The council received a $500,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce for the study, which will take about five years.
A modular reactor would cost between $500 million and $1 billion. It would create 200 to 300 construction jobs and require an operating staff of 100 workers.
The Tri-City Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1nhvV9J ) the long-term goal of the Tri-City Development Council is to position the Tri-Cities for a role in manufacturing and exporting small nuclear reactors.
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