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Legal and Regulatory Analysis: A Research and Practice Brief for Engaging Communities in Advanced Nuclear Energy Facility Siting
Righetti, Tara Forrest, Scarlett Lewis, Madeleine Reckling, Iva Duba, Alyssa W. Stubblefield, Nicholas Djokić, Denia Budowle, Rachael
Righetti, Tara
Forrest, Scarlett
Lewis, Madeleine
Reckling, Iva
Duba, Alyssa W.
Stubblefield, Nicholas
Djokić, Denia
Budowle, Rachael
Abstract
In November 2021, the private company TerraPower, in partnership with electric utility PacifiCorp and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) via its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP), announced plans to site its Natrium advanced nuclear reactor near the retiring Naughton coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer, located in southwest Wyoming. This project marks the first commercial advanced nuclear energy facility to begin construction in the United States. This brief summarizes a longer report which investigates whether and how formal advanced nuclear energy siting processes currently incorporate environmental justice and to what extent they provide opportunities for stakeholders to meaningfully participate. The following brief summarizes this report, which includes two sections: 1) Analyzing Environmental Justice within Federal Agencies Relevant to Advanced Nuclear Energy Facility Siting; and 2) Beyond Public Comment: Toward Just Advanced Nuclear Energy Facility Siting Regulatory Procedures.
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2025-07-17
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University of Wyoming Libraries
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Engaging Communities in Nuclear Siting,community engagement,nuclear facility siting,regulatory analysis,public participation,natrium reactor,procedural justice