Below is a timeline of various actions by WY Legislative and Executive branches 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 that passed are highlighted in yellow. Executive actions on nuclear energy or spent fuel storage are highlighted in green. All are hyperlinked.
| 1992 |
Gov Mike Sullivan Letter to Fremont County Halting MRS, August 21, 1992 |
| 1999 |
OWL CREEK ENERGY PROJECT/Private interim spent fuel storage project, Apr 4, 1999 |
| 2001 |
SF0108 Nuclear Fuel Rod Storage. (Senator Peck) BILL FAILED |
| 2002 |
HB0120 Omnibus Revenue Bill (Pg 27 Nuclear fuel rod storage). (Revenue Committee) BILL FAILED |
| 2003 |
HB0183 Radioactive materials transportation. (Rep Gilmore) BILL FAILED |
| 2004 |
HB0014 Radioactive materials transportation-amendments. (Transportation Committee) BILL FAILED |
| 2005 |
HB0158 Radioactive materials transportation. (Rep Gilmore) BILL FAILED |
| 2006 |
SF0090/SEA67 Revisor’s bill. Pg 35 (Management Council) |
| 2009 |
2009 NCSL- High Level Radioactive Waste Working Group: (Burns, Miller) |
| 2011 |
SJ0002 Riverton uranium mill tailings remedial action. (Tribal Committee). BILL FAILED |
| 2011 |
HB0176 Nuclear energy as carbon free renewable energy. (Rep Miller). FAILED Senate 3rd Reading |
| 2011 |
HB0129/HEA66 – Nuclear energy production study. (Rep Harshman) |
| 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) |
| 2012 |
2012 Task Force on Nuclear Energy Production. (Meeting minutes are at same link) (Chairs: Cooper, Miller) |
| 2013 |
SF0026/SEA12 Authorization for certain radioactive waste facilities. (Minerals Committee) |
| 2014 |
Oct 13, 2014 Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee: Update on U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agreement State Program |
| 2015 |
HB0027/HEA43 NRC agreement state authorization. (Minerals Committee) |
| 2015 |
Oct 22-23, 2015 Joint Minerals Committee Meeting (NRC Agreement State Authorization Amendments) |
| 2015 |
Feb 27: Gov Matt Mead Letter of Intent – NRC |
| 2016 |
SF0023/SEA6 NRC agreement state amendments. (Minerals Committee) |
| 2016 |
HB0146 Solid and hazardous waste management rulemaking. (Representative Campbell). BILL FAILED |
| 2016 |
SF0001/SEA19 Budget bill: Pg 17, $1,907,785 to DEQ for “Uranium NRC Agreement”. Also see Footnote #1 for Attorney General. |
| 2016 |
Apr 21, 2016 WY Dept of Transportation: Certification Page Regular and Emergency Rules: Radioactive Waste Transportation by Motor Carrier |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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” |
| 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) |
| 2021 |
HB0001/HEA45 Budget bill: Pg 17, $2,081,113 to DEQ for “Uranium NRC Agreement” |
| 2021 |
Gov Gordon announces Terra Power & Rky Mtn Power agreement for Natrium reactor |
| 2021 |
2021 Minerals Interim Committee. (See June & August 2021, and Jan 2022 meetings) |
| 2021 |
2021 Transportation Interim Committee. (See Nov meeting) |
| 2022 |
SF0003/SEA No. 0035 – Radioactive materials transport fee. (Transportation Committee). |
| 2022 |
HB0131/HEA59 – Nuclear power generation and storage-amendments. (Rep Burkhart) |
| 2022 |
Gov Gordon Frontier Initiative MOU signed between Wyoming and Idaho National Laboratory, May 4, 2022 |
| 2023 |
Feb 21: Gov Mark Gordon Letter of Intent – NRC |
| 2024 |
Wyoming Energy Authority and BWXT Sign Cooperation Agreement, July 18, 2024 |
| 2024 |
Aug 2: Lawmaker revives radioactive debate over nuclear waste in Wyoming |
| 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. |
| 2025 |
HB0016 Used nuclear fuel storage-amendments. (Minerals Committee) Died in Committee |
| 2025 |
SF0186 Advanced nuclear reactor manufacturers-fuel storage. (Cooper) Died in Committee |
| 2025 |
Governor Gordon – Tri-State MOU with Utah and Idaho, April 29, 2025 |
| 2025 |
2025 Minerals Interim Committee (see May and July meetings) |
| 2025 |
Gov Gordon Aug 5 Letter to NRC to Amend WY Agreement corresponding to WY DEQ SMURP Program |
| 2025 |
Wyoming Energy Authority recommends $100,000,000 for BWX Technologies, Inc., TRISO Fuel Fabrication Facility in Wyoming |
