Overview
- Fulcrum Point Holdings and Blue Castle announced a joint agreement Wednesday to revive the long-dormant Green River project using Holtec’s SMR-300 small modular reactor design and an air-cooling option.
- The companies said they will pursue joint licensing and deployment planning but gave no schedule and did not confirm how much power the Emery County site would produce.
- Local and state leaders framed the deal as an economic boost that fits Gov. Spencer Cox’s Operation Gigawatt push for more nuclear capacity and jobs in rural Utah.
- Environmental groups and some community voices renewed objections, citing past water-rights fights, Colorado River scarcity, concerns about taxpayer exposure and questions about SMR maturity.
- The revived plan shifts from the original 3,000-megawatt concept toward modular units that are typically paired for roughly 640 megawatts between two SMR-300s, and the move follows other Utah SMR activity such as projects in Brigham City and tests at the San Rafael site.