Wyoming Considering Nuclear Waste Storage, While Yucca Mountain Sits Dormant
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 Spent Fuel Rods Subcommittee, which was created earlier this year. The subcommittee, made up entirely of Republican lawmakers, will hear presentations from top officials with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy.
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Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative.
Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.