Budowle, RachaelDjokić, DeniaRighetti, TaraBourque, MaggieDuba, Alyssa WechslerStubblefield, NicholasEdwards, ColtonHughes, MontgomeryElijah, VigilReese, DaytonWelch, ChristopherArmstrong, ReaganMeehan, MollyYoung, CadeSullivan, MikaelaBudowle, RachaelDuba, Alyssa Wechsler Duba2025-07-072025-07-072024-10-30https://wyoscholar.uwyo.edu/handle/internal/9895https://doi.org/10.15786/wyoscholar/10094In June 2021, the private company, TerraPower, in partnership with electric utility, PacifiCorp, and the United States Department of Energy via its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, announced plans to site its Natrium advanced nuclear reactor near the retiring Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer, located in southwest Wyoming. This marks the first commercial advanced nuclear energy facility to begin construction in the United States. Our research explores this case and aims to inform an adaptable community engagement process for advanced nuclear energy siting and development, as proposals to develop similar facilities are rapidly increasing. Within this research, the Historical Energy and Industrial Analysis assesses two distinct but interrelated approaches for understanding preliminary needs and questions for environmental justice and community engagement in advanced nuclear energy facility siting contexts. The approaches include 1) a humanities- and justice-oriented cultural history of energy and nuclear energy across the fuel cycle in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and the western United States by comparing existing case studies and media analyses; and 2) an industrial siting history within and immediately nearby Kemmerer, including current and previous industrial development, energy siting and extraction, environmental violations, potential brownfield and greenfield locations, environmental enforcement actions, polluted locations, and waste management.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Advanced Nuclear EnergyCommunity EngagementNuclear Facility SitingCultural HistoryNatrium ReactorMedia AnalysisIndustrial HistoryEngaging Communities in Nuclear SitingReport