Oklo, a California-based startup, wants to build a nuclear reactor similar to the modern modular TerraPower one planned for Kemmerer, but with some key differences. Wyoming could be home to one of the company’s reactors.
A Wapiti man whose career in the Department of Energy focused on nuclear security says the TerraPower Natrium reactor planned for Kemmerer poses significant risks for proliferation and accident. TerraPower says these risks have been considered and addressed as much as reasonably possible.
PacifiCorp and TerraPower are initiating a joint study to evaluate the feasibility of building five more Natrium reactors by 2035, in addition to a planned reactor in progress in Kemmerer.
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Financers have killed investments in the oil and gas industries because of “social credit scores” which measure a company’s behavior on social and environmental issues. Now these social credit scores could help kill nuclear too.
A bill that would adjust the state’s rules for regulating nuclear power plants and waste storage facilities, prepared in anticipation of the construction of a nuclear power plant near Kemmerer, cleared the Wyoming Senate on Thursday.
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Although the Cowboy State will be getting a nuclear power plant shortly, in the long term the moon is the next logical step, according to a Wyoming nuclear expert.
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Kemmerer has been selected as the preferred site for the proposed nuclear power plant project, officials from TerraPower announced on Tuesday.
One of Wyoming’s leading experts in nuclear energy said Kemmerer should be at the top of the list for the new nuclear power plant.
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Former Riverton Rep. Dave Miller, who pushed for nuclear energy for years, said he was thrilled with the news of the upcoming nuclear power plant.
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Wyoming environmental groups are mixed in their reactions to a nuclear power plant being built in Wyoming by Microsoft founder Bill Gates
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America’s return to a nuclear deal with Iran will just put nuclear weapons in the hands of a terrorist regime, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney said Friday.
