Below is a timeline (most recent at top) of various actions that we have found (thus far) by the WY Legislature and Executive agencies regarding nuclear topics. Topics include: State – Nuclear Regulatory Council Agreement; Storage of radioactive waste/materials; Radioactive waste facilities; Transportation of radioactive waste/materials; Nuclear energy; Nuclear reactors. *Legislative bills are in green, committee/task force/working group details are in pink, all others are highlighted in yellow. *Bills with an enrolled act number passed, bills that failed are so noted. All are hyperlinked.
| 2024 | 10/8/2024 – 10/9/2024 8:30 AM Capitol Extension, E005 200 West 24th Street Cheyenne, WyomingRep Burkhart/Co -Chair of Minerals Committee has promised to bring forth a bill draft for WY to receive and store spent nuclear fuel. |
| 2024 | Aug 14: No amount of money is worth turning Wyoming into a nuclear waste dump. Article outlines some of the repeated history of WY legislators continually bringing the topic of spent nuclear storage to WY for revenue. |
| 2024 | Aug 2: Lawmaker revives radioactive debate over nuclear waste in Wyoming |
| 2023 | Feb 21: Gov Mark Gordon Letter of Intent – NRC |
| 2022 | SF0003/SEA No. 0035 – Radioactive materials transport fee. (Transportation Committee). |
| 2022 | HB0131/HEA59 – Nuclear power generation and storage-amendments. (Rep Burkhart) |
| 2021 | HB0001/HEA45 Budget bill: Pg 17, $2,081,113 to DEQ for “Uranium NRC Agreement” |
| 2021 | 2021 Minerals Interim Committee. (See June & August 2021, and Jan 2022 meetings) |
| 2021 | 2021 Transportation Interim Committee. (See Nov meeting) |
| 2020 | SF0001/SEA40 Budget bill: Pg 13, $2,081,113 to DEQ for “Uranium NRC Agreement” |
| 2020 | HB0074/HEA60 – Small modular nuclear reactor permitting. (Rep Miller) |
| 2019 | 2019 Spent Fuel Rods Subcommittee (Minerals). (Meeting minutes are available at link) |
| 2019 | July 12, 2019: Lawmakers quietly explore storing spent nuclear fuel |
| 2019 | SF0001/SEA40 Budget bill: Pg 13, $2,081,113 to DEQ for “Uranium NRC Agreement” |
| 2018 | Sept 28: NRC – Wyoming Agreement State |
| 2018 | HB0001/HEA62 Budget bill: Pg 12, $1,696,534 to DEQ for “Uranium NRC Agreement”. Also see Footnote #1 for Attorney General. |
| 2017 | SF0006/SEA45 – Radioactive waste storage facilities-amendments. (Minerals Committee) |
| 2017 | HB0004/HEA18 NRC agreement state amendments. (Minerals Committee) |
| 2017 | HB0001/HEA82 Budget bill: Pg 13, $1,771,734 to DEQ for “Uranium NRC Agreement” |
| 2017 | Mar 13, 2017 DEQ NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT RULES. New Uranium Recovery Rules and Regulations, Chapters 1 through 10 |
| 2016 | SF0023/SEA6 NRC agreement state amendments. (Minerals Committee) |
| 2011 | Mar 29, 2011 LSO Research Memo: Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal |
| 2011 | 2011 Task Force on Nuclear Energy Production. (Meeting minutes are at same link) (Chairs: Cooper, Miller) |
| 2011 | 2011 NCSL – Nuclear Legislative Work Group. (Bebout, Miller) |
| 2009 | 2009 NCSL- High Level Radioactive Waste Working Group: (Burns, Miller) |
| 2006 | SF0090/SEA67 Revisor’s bill. Pg 35 (Management Council) |
| 2005 | HB0158 Radioactive materials transportation. (Rep Gilmore) BILL FAILED |
| 2004 | HB0014 Radioactive materials transportation-amendments. (Transportation Committee) BILL FAILED |
| 2003 | HB0183 Radioactive materials transportation. (Rep Gilmore) BILL FAILED |
| 2002 | HB0120 Omnibus Revenue Bill (Pg 27 Nuclear fuel rod storage). (Revenue Committee) BILL FAILED |
| 2001 | SF0108 Nuclear Fuel Rod Storage. (Senator Peck) BILL FAILED |
