Arizona’s three major electric power utilities said they will collaborate to explore adding more nuclear power generation in the state, possibly placing small modular reactors (SMRs) or building large reactor projects at the locations of retiring coal-fired power plants.
Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project (SRP), and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) said that they have been “monitoring emerging nuclear technologies and have a shared interest in evaluating their potential” to provide more electricity to meet the growing demand for power across the state.