Episode 9 of 11
Wyoming Uranium
Shirley Basin, WyomingUranium
Nuclear power and the domestic fuel cycle: America’s uranium comeback, from ISR wellfield to processing hub.
The History
Uranium joined Wyoming’s story in the 1950s, when discoveries in the Pumpkin Buttes, Gas Hills, and Shirley Basin set off a Cold War staking frenzy. Wyoming has led the nation in uranium ever since and holds the largest uranium reserves of any state. Modern operations use in-situ recovery, circulating solution through wells, so a working mine can look like a quiet field of pipes and wellheads, and demand from reactors has put the state back at the center of American energy security.
The Dream Tour List for This Leg
The stops and companies we want on camera as the convoy works this ground. Proposed, not confirmed bookings, and growing as the dream tour list fills in.
Ur-Energy · Lost Creek & Shirley Basin
ISR uranium from wellfield to yellowcake, on camera.
Cameco · Smith Ranch-Highland
Among the largest US uranium operations, in the Powder River Basin.
Reactor and SMR end users
Where the fuel cycle lands: the nuclear power behind the grid.
Want your operation on this leg of the route?
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