A Wyoming lawmaker on Tuesday planned to introduce a bill that would allow for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state, according to the legislature’s website.
A draft of the bill was posted online ahead of this week’s planned session of the The Wyoming state legislature’s joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee. The session was to begin at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time and be live streamed.
The bill was the 10th item of business on the joint committee’s agenda. Wyoming Rep. Donald Burkhart (R) is the sponsor. Burkhart said in July that he would introduce the bill, versions of which have been floated by state lawmakers before.
Over the summer, Burkhart said Wyoming could spend about $2 million to buy land for an interim storage site and then develop the site using a separate tranche of $400 million, “none of which would come from the state.”
