{"id":10233,"date":"2025-12-15T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10233"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:50:59","slug":"siting-nuclear-energy","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/event\/siting-nuclear-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Smartland Series: Siting Nuclear Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tDecember 9, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t11:00 am\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t12:00 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__timezone\">EST<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-92cb4f32 uagb-infobox__content-wrap uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\">\n<div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\">\n<div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\">\n<p class=\"uagb-ifb-title\">Nuclear energy installations, whether a large plant or an SMR need to receiving siting from the jurisdiction in which that asset sits. 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