From Cowboy State Daily:
(Oct 1, 2025)
BWXT Pitches Nuclear Fuel Plant In Gillette As Locals Wrestle With Mixed Emotions
“GILLETTE — Gillette has known for some time that the community harbors concern about becoming home to a nuclear waste site. A county commissioner recently drafted a resolution overtly opposing waste, while BWXT continues to repeat itself, assuring Gillette residents it manufactures nuclear fuels and is not in the waste business.
On Tuesday night, along with concerns about nuclear waste, BWXT heard a complicated mix of other worries that might stand in their way of gaining local support.
More than 300 residents packed the Cam-plex Heritage Center Theater to hear company officials describe plans for a $500 million TRISO fuel fabrication facility that would bring more than 200 jobs to Campbell County. What emerged from the meeting was a portrait of a community trying to weigh economic opportunity against quality-of-life concerns that extend beyond nuclear waste anxieties”…
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