Arkansas University seeks funds to level former nuclear site.
The University of Arkansas wants to demolish the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor and restore the site to pastureland. The school took over the decommissioned plant 20 miles southwest of Fayetteville.
But instead of having the federal government handle the cleanup, the university wants to run the project, which it estimates will cost $20 million, and pay for it through grants from stimulus funding — a unique plan for a one-of-a-kind nuclear experiment long forgotten in the state.
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