西弗吉尼亚撤出联邦核能创新校园项目，核废料储存条款成政治红线
西弗吉尼亚州州长帕特里克·莫里西已撤回该州参与美国能源部"核燃料循环创新校园"（NLIC）项目的申请，结束这场引发巨大争议的核能计划。9 月 2 日，莫里西曾高调宣布西弗吉尼亚与能源部签署谅解备忘录，成为该联邦先进核能项目的第六个候选州，目标是吸引先进反应堆部署、燃料制造和高端制造投资。
但《查尔斯顿公报》随后披露，该州能源办公室提交的 48 页申请文件中，竟提议在布恩县一处废弃矿区建立乏燃料集中临时储存设施；而经信息自由法申请获得的备忘录文本显示，项目要求各州具备处理州外乏核燃料、高放废料等核废料的能力。报道引发环保和公共健康担忧，莫里西随即在社交媒体上改口，称"西弗吉尼亚绝不会成为核废料倾倒场"，并致函能源部退出项目。
《赫拉尔德快报》10 月 11 日的评论指出，这场风波暴露了州政府在核能政策上的反复。该项目原预计可带来巨额投资和数万个就业岗位，但核废料储存条款成为不可触碰的政治红线。其余爱达荷、路易斯安那、俄克拉荷马、田纳西和犹他五州仍在与能源部就项目范围谈判中。
信息来源：West Virginia Press Association / Charleston Gazette-Mail（https://wvpress.org/breaking-news/breaking-wv-backs-away-from-federal-nuclear-life-cycle-bid-after-gazette-mail-report/）
West Virginia Backs Out of Federal Nuclear Innovation Campus Bid Over Waste-Storage Terms
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has withdrawn the state's application to join the U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Life Cycle Innovation Campus (NLIC) program, ending the controversial nuclear initiative. On Sept. 2, Morrisey had announced that West Virginia signed a memorandum of understanding with DOE, becoming the sixth candidate state for the federal advanced-nuclear program aimed at attracting advanced reactor deployment, fuel fabrication, and high-end manufacturing investment.
But the Charleston Gazette-Mail subsequently revealed that the state energy office's 48-page application proposed a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at an abandoned mine site in Boone County — and that the MOU text obtained via a FOIA request showed the project required states to be able to handle out-of-state spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste. The reports sparked environmental and public-health concerns; Morrisey quickly reversed course on social media, declaring "West Virginia will never be a nuclear waste dumping ground," and wrote to DOE to exit the program.
An Oct. 11 Herald-Dispatch editorial noted the episode exposed flip-flopping in the state's nuclear policy. The project had been expected to bring massive investment and tens of thousands of jobs, but the waste-storage terms became an untouchable political red line. Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah remain in negotiations with DOE over the program's scope.
Source: West Virginia Press Association / Charleston Gazette-Mail.
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