OWL CREEK ENERGY PROJECT: A SOLUTION TO THE SPENT FUEL TEMPORARY STORAGE ISSUE

In mid-1997, a Wyoming-led group of companies announced plans to develop a private interim spent fuel storage project in Wyoming to be known as the Owl Creek Energy Project. The idea for the Wyoming project had been developed under the earlier 1990s Nuclear Waste Negotiator Program. During that earlier activity, the project would have been a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project. The key differences from that earlier concept and others currently under consideration today are: a) it is funded on a totally private basis, b) the site is privately held land that has existing rail access, c) there is local political support, and d) a Wyoming company is the project sponsor.