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Wyoming interim committee reviews draft bill to permit storage tied to advanced reactor manufacturers; public sharply divided
Summary
The Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee reviewed draft 26LSO73, a bill that would preapprove and regulate storage facilities tied to advanced reactor manufacturers. Staff explained proposed amendments; legislators, agency heads and residents pressed for more public engagement, financial assurances and clarity on scope.
Committee staff presented draft 26LSO73 (version 0.6), a legislative draft that would extend a statutory path for an "installation"—defined in the draft as an on‑site storage facility operated by an advanced nuclear reactor manufacturer—to receive conditional, legislative preapproval in Wyoming subject to NRC licensing and state review requirements. "This is a bill that the committee requested in May," staff said, describing additions to Wyoming Statutes, including references to 35‑11‑1501 et seq. and Industrial Siting Act provisions.
Staff explained the draft would: add an "advanced nuclear reactor manufacturer" definition (a person physically located in Wyoming that manufactures and deploys advanced reactors from a Wyoming location); subject installations to the Industrial Siting Act only where the Act does not conflict with NRC requirements; require the operator to send DEQ copies of…
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