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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.
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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.
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Governor Mark Gordon held his State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 11, and he focused a lot on energy.There was an apparent Wyoming versus the federal government mentality in Gordon’s speech.
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The future of energy in our region and beyond was a focus on the final day of the Mountain West Innovation Summit held in Laramie.Former Governor of Wyoming Dave Freudenthal and PacifiCorp’s Wyoming Vice President Sharon Fain were keynote speakers.
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Bill Gates' company TerraPower and the utility Rocky Mountain Power have picked the Wyoming coal town of Kemmerer as the location for a $4 billion, electricity-generating nuclear reactor. Optimism is high but the technology's unproven.
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For years during the Cold War, large swaths of land in Nevada were used for atomic weapons testing. Nuclear bombs were dropped just miles from small...
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Governors of Western states have signed letters supporting a pair of bills that would compensate more people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear...
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Lawmakers in our region are meeting Thursday to discuss the potential economic windfalls from nuclear waste storage. It's the first meeting of Wyoming's...