Idaho would be required to accept spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste if the state becomes one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. On Wednesday, the Idaho Statesman reported that the three states selected for the nuclear campuses would each take one-third of the United States’ stockpile of spent nuclear fuel. Phil Batt that was aimed at preventing Idaho from becoming a permanent dumping ground for the nation’s nuclear waste. Over the 30 years since the 1995 settlement agreement, Bedke said many perspectives on nuclear energy have changed. “I think this is the fifth iteration of the Department of Energy trying to deal with nuclear waste,” Ford said Friday.