Programmes and agreements / prg-us-bwxt-wyoming-energy-authority-banr-study

BWXT and Wyoming Energy Authority contract to assess BANR microreactor deployment in Wyoming

BWXT announced in September 2023 a two-phase, two-year contract with the Wyoming Energy Authority to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in Wyoming, defining requirements for trona-mining heat and power and advancing its BANR microreactor design and local supply chain. It is a study contract, not a site selection, order or licence application.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

United States

Region named by the sources

Wyoming

Participants and roles

• Developer or vendor: BWX Technologies
• Government: Wyoming Energy Authority
• Research: Idaho National Laboratory

Designs named

BWXT BANR

Scale as stated

two-phase, two-year contract

Announced or first reported

12 Sep 2023

Status

Status not established
State-funded viability assessment (trona-mining heat and power requirements, BANR design work, supply chain), outcome not verified.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• BWXT Awarded Contract to Evaluate Microreactor Deployment for State of Wyoming (company_primary, published 12 Sep 2023, accessed 2026-10-14)