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Federal and state records show Oklahoma is pursuing a full nuclear-fuel-cycle campus involving reactors, fuel recycling, interim storage and deep-borehole disposal

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Federal and state records show Oklahoma is pursuing a full nuclear-fuel-cycle campus involving reactors, fuel recycling, interim storage and deep-borehole disposal. Officials have not identified six interested Oklahoma communities, although Mangum public records confirm that city considered pursuing the project.  Miami News-Digest  Oct. 1, 2026 OKLAHOMA CITY — Six Oklahoma communities have expressed interest in hosting a proposed federal nuclear-energy campus, according to state officials, but their identities remain undisclosed as Oklahoma competes for a project that its own federal filing says could include nuclear reactors, spent-fuel recycling, interim storage and permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste thousands of feet underground. A review by Miami News-Digest of U.S. Department of Energy records, Oklahoma's application, state public-information materials and municipal records also found that at least one Oklahoma community — Mangum, in Greer Coun...