§ 35-11-2101 — Advanced nuclear reactors; requirements

Wyoming § 35-11-2101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 11: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
• Art. 21: ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS

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(a) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 103, § 2.
(b) Any person operating an advanced nuclear reactor in
the state of Wyoming in accordance with this section shall not
store spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste from
the advanced nuclear reactor on the site of the advanced nuclear
reactor without first meeting all of the requirements of the
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the
authority of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "High-level radioactive waste" means as defined
in W.S. 35-11-1501(a)(i);
(ii) "Public utility" means as defined in W.S. 37-1-
101(a)(vi);
(iii) "Advanced nuclear reactor" means a nuclear
reactor, including any necessary ancillary facilities or
structures, that is an improvement over nuclear reactors placed
in service before January 1, 2021 and has a license issued by
the United States nuclear regulatory commission;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 103, § 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 103, § 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 103, § 2.
(iv) "Spent nuclear fuel" means as defined in W.S.
35-11-1501(a)(iv).
(e) The provisions of the Industrial Development
Information and Siting Act, W.S. 35-12-101 through 35-12-119,
shall apply only to the extent that those provisions do not
interfere with, contradict or duplicate any requirements of the
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(f) Not less than thirty (30) days before construction of
an advanced nuclear reactor commences and if no report is
required to be submitted under W.S. 35-11-1506(e)(vi), the
operator of the advanced nuclear reactor shall submit a report
to the department that includes:
(i) The number of jobs that will be created in the
planning, licensing, site analysis, preparation, purchasing,
construction, transportation, operation and decommissioning of
the advanced nuclear reactor and what number of those jobs would
be filled by Wyoming residents;
(ii) Local and state taxes that are estimated to be
generated by all aspects of the construction, operation and
decommissioning of the advanced nuclear reactor;
(iii) All benefits and impacts that will accrue to
the state and local community where the advanced nuclear reactor
will be located, including benefits from job training,
education, communications systems, monitoring and security
systems.
(g) The operator of each advanced nuclear reactor shall
send to the department copies of all publicly available reports,
notifications and violations sent to or from the United States
nuclear regulatory commission or the operator of the advanced
nuclear reactor as soon as practicable but not later than five
(5) days after the operator sends or receives the report. The
operator shall also transmit all information required under this
subsection to emergency management departments of the local
governments where the facility is located and shall make the
information available on a public website.