-
People who lived near nuclear test and waste sites across the Mountain West and were sickened from their exposure to radiation are hopeful lawmakers will revive a program to help them. It comes amid a day of remembrance for so-called “downwinders".
-
The year-end funding package addresses research for childhood cancers, but there's still no movement on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which expired in the summer of 2024 and hasn't had a replacement despite an impassioned plea by several Tribes in September.
-
President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on rolling back many of the climate-oriented, energy-transition policies of his predecessor. That’s led many of his supporters and the fossil fuel industry to celebrate and many environmentalists to panic. Yet amid these polarized reactions is a lot of uncertainty – especially in an energy-rich state like Wyoming University of Wyoming experts weigh in.
-
Tackling climate change isn’t a top priority for Republicans, but Benji Backer says that can change.
-
Almost three years ago, an unlikely relationship formed between the declining coal town of Kemmerer and one of the richest people in the world: Bill Gates. That’s because his nuclear company, TerraPower, announced it’d chosen Kemmerer for a “first of its kind” power plant. It promised to pump life back into the economy. But unless you’re deeply embedded in the energy world, it mostly just felt like a lot of talk to residents – until this month, when the project broke ground.
-
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was established in 1990 and has helped more than 40,000 people who developed medical problems after being exposed to radiation through government nuclear tests, uranium mining, and other toxic fallout. Existing protections are set to expire on June 7 unless Congress intervenes.
-
U.S. support for nuclear power is the highest it's been in a decade. And there are a number of proposals for new plants in our region. That could mean an uptick in domestic uranium mining.
-
-
-
The University of Wyoming (UW) is connecting students with top-level energy researchers this week. The hope is to brainstorm ideas for the state’s energy future.During UW’s National Lab Day, workers from 17 National Laboratories will descend upon campus.