Nuclear Energy
Wyoming’s senior senator sees the two-year delay to the Natrium nuclear reactor project as another sign the United States must build a domestic supply of nuclear fuel through new legislation. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (E.N.R.), released the following statement in…
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A small city in the top U.S. coal-mining state of Wyoming will be home to a Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power project near a coal-fired power plant that will soon close, officials announced Tuesday. Bellevue, Washington-based TerraPower will build its Natrium plant in Kemmerer, a southwestern…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday. The plant featuring a sodium reactor and molten salt energy storage system will perform better, be safer and cost less than traditional nuclear…
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