Eagle Mountain, it's urgent you vote in this local election! The following candidates for Eagle Mountain have stated in writing they are NOT for nuclear reactors inside our city: Jared Gray for mayor, and Craig Whiting AND Emily Buss for city council. The other candidates have refused to take a stance, or are openly for nuclear energy in our city. This issue can come up again as soon as the election is over. Your vote matters! Make no mistake, the effort to change the zoning to allow nuclear reactors in the RTI zone in our city is NOT for your energy, but for big tech companies' data centers to fuel AI. City leaders' votes on future contracts, laws, and zoning code will determine if YOUR town gets nuclear reactors or waste in coming years. Time is running out for citizens to decide. Everyone else, vote in your own election! "You can return your ballot by mail, but it must arrive by election day. If you prefer to use a secure drop box, your ballot must be dropped off before 8:00 pm on Election Day, November 4, 2025." Ask your candidates if they would vote for anything that would allow nuclear reactors, nuclear mining, nuclear processing, or nuclear waste inside your city? Then tell your friends and family their answers, and VOTE!
Candidate Statements
At a June 2025 mayoral debate cottage meeting (starting at minute 1:15:50), Melissa Clark said, "If nuclear is the very best, and there are reasons we need to be concerned about it, we should work to fix those reasons before we bring it in." She went on to compare fears about nuclear energy to historic societal fears about electricity that compared it to witchcraft.
In a private message to a voter who asked his stance about nuclear in the city on the eve of the primary election, Jared Gray said, "it's better farther away, and brought in on transition lines...definitely not near or even in proximity of residential or city in general."
For city council: Emily Buss and Craig Whiting.
Craig Whiting said: "I was the strongest voice against nuclear as a planning commissioner... I'm against nuclear in our city," and I'm...100% for positioning it outside city boundaries (and hopefully a long ways from city boundaries!)."
Emily Buss said: "I’m not comfortable with nuclear energy projects within city limits. As Eagle Mountain continues to grow, I think it makes more sense to explore nuclear in less populated areas across the state, places that aren’t so close to Utah Lake or natural washes."
Brett Wright for city council said: "...at some point in time nuclear will become part of the solution... I am not opposed to considering these options...I'm open minded to the possible solutions that nuclear may present, assuming it could be done safely."
Charlotte Ducos for city council said: "I am supportive of nuclear and other alternative energy projects in the City as long as they are properly vetted, zoned, and have all safety protocols in place. Nuclear energy has been proven to be both clean and safe."
(Source for city council candidates' stances in a private city Facebook group.)
Funding
Additionally, Melissa is in large part funded by a PAC directed by mostly state-level politicians who are not Eagle Mountain citizens. It's been the state-level politicians as a group who want nuclear reactors in our city, thanks to Governor Cox's "Operation Gigawatt." Jared Gray is not funded by any PAC or state-level politician. The people directing the PAC donating a lot of money to Melissa don't live here, and won't be affected by her decisions.
Funding statements according to a recent report from local newspaper, the Cedar Valley Sentinel and from the candidates' actual statements, linked above.