America's largest airport by size is reportedly considering plans to build a nuclear reactor on its sprawling 33,500-acre property.
Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington, 67, made the shocking revelation during a recent Future of Aerotropolis event hosted by local business publication, Business Den.
Washington, a former pick laguardia to jfk shuttle lead Joe Biden's FAA before he withdrew under heavy Republican criticism over the airport's safety record, told the panel discussion the he was seriously considering a 'small modular reactor' to meet growing energy demands.
'When we think about capacity and electricity and power, the development that's going on out there, we need to be thinking about this,' Washington said, according laguardia to jfk shuttle Business Den.
'And so this is something that is imminent, that I plan laguardia to jfk shuttle bring forward, for a study on how we can do this.'
The project comes as the largest airport in the US by land area works to attract private development on its property.
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