Last night was board game night! The friends I played with love cooperative games, which is probably for the best because I’m a little too competitive for my own good. We played “Spirit Island,” one of the games on this list that also includes an option from one of Utah’s top game designers, Tim Fowers.
Tell me: What is your favorite board game? (I’m partial to “Clue,” “Quacks of Quedlinburg” and “Carcassonne” myself.)
Utah, Wyoming among the states pursuing this power to replace coal
Utility companies around the country are looking for an alternative to aging coal-fired power plants that will provide reliable, recurring power to the electrical grid.
Enter small nuclear reactors.
What is a suitable location for coal to nuclear?
After screening recently retired and active coal plant sites, a study by the U.S. Department of Energy involving the national labs identified 157 retired coal plant sites and 237 operating coal plants sites as potential candidates for the coal to nuclear transition.
Read more about the economic and ecological impacts.
More in Environment
A sedan-sized microreactor could change billions of lives on Earth (Deseret News)
Kuwait, Dugway, Tooele Army Depot and what these places have in common (Deseret News)
The Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square will perform two concerts at the National Auditorium in Mexico City on June 17-18.
It’s been five years since the choir last toured internationally.
The plan is to take the choir on more frequent shorter trips to more countries than ever before, the new choir president, Mike Leavitt, announced in February 2022.
Do Americans’ assumptions about morality make us unique? (Deseret News)
New study suggests thinking about God can make people more generous to outsiders (Religion News Service)
Elder David A. Bednar on Latter-day Saint temples and the ‘power of godliness’ that comes through covenants and the ordinances (Church News)
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