A legislative bill to establish the Utah Energy Council, energy development zones and a nuclear energy consortium unanimously passed Monday out of the House Public Utilities and Energy Committee. The bill,

A new bill establishing key nuclear energy initiatives cleared an important hurdle, passing unanimously through committee at the Utah State Capitol.

Both Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, and state Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, made clear at a Park City conference hosted by INL and the Atlantic Council that nuclear energy must be part of Utah’s future — both from an energy benefit but also as an economic development tool.