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Wyoming communities want time to consider embracing nuclear energy, as feds rush to expand industry
State officials are recruiting developers as lawmakers weigh loosening the waste ban and federal regulators move to finalize new rules by November.
- With one nuclear power plant under construction, Wyoming faces becoming a high-level nuclear waste repository unless the federal government builds a centralized facility.
- Lawmakers carved an exception into Wyoming's blanket storage ban to permit spent fuel from the in-state Natrium plant, though previous legislative attempts to fully repeal the ban have failed amid deep community disagreement.
- Northern Arapaho tribe member Big Wind Carpenter questioned community benefits, stating, "There's all this risk, and we're trying to make sure that those risks are minimized." Carpenter asked what benefit the community receives.
- Industry analyst Tison Campbell noted a "wholesale revision" of federal permitting timelines is moving quickly, while local resident Maria Katherman remains skeptical that paper regulations can ensure public safety.
- Christine King, director of the Idaho National Laboratory's Gateway for Accelerated Innovation, emphasized these projects represent "100-year relationships," as state officials actively recruit developers to revitalize Wyoming's nuclear fuel cycle.
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Wyoming communities want time to consider embracing nuclear energy, as feds rush to expand industry
With one nuclear power plant already under construction, Wyoming will soon be home to high-level nuclear waste storage unless the federal government builds a centralized facility.
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