\documentclass{beamer} \setbeamercovered{transparent} % Define UW colors \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{tcolorbox} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{amssymb} % for checkmark \usepackage{graphicx} % if you want to use image-based checkmarks \usepackage{colortbl} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage{cleveref} \usepackage[controls=false]{animate} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} \graphicspath{{Images/}{Images/EIA_Slides/}} %\addbibresource{bib2.bib} \usetikzlibrary{shapes, arrows.meta, positioning} \tcbuselibrary{skins} \definecolor{UWBrown}{HTML}{492f24} \definecolor{UWGold}{HTML}{ffcc00} % Define custom colors (optional) \definecolor{lightgreen}{HTML}{d6f5d6} \definecolor{lightred}{HTML}{f8d7da} \definecolor{lightyellow}{HTML}{fff3cd} \definecolor{darkgreen}{HTML}{006400} \definecolor{darkred}{HTML}{8B0000} \definecolor{middlegreen}{HTML}{463200} \definecolor{middlered}{HTML}{C16B6D} \definecolor{lightorange}{HTML}{FFD8A9} % Theme setup \usetheme{Madrid} \usecolortheme{default} \setbeamertemplate{enumerate items}[default] \setbeamercolor*{structure}{bg=white,fg=UWBrown} \newcommand\blfootnote[1]{% \begingroup \renewcommand\thefootnote{}\footnote{#1}% \addtocounter{footnote}{-1}% \endgroup } % Title info \title[Wyoming Nuclear Industry]{Economic Impacts of the Nuclear Industry in Wyoming} \author{Alexander Gebben} \date{July \(\text{30}^{th}\),2026} \begin{document} \begin{frame}[plain] \begin{center} \huge\textbf{\inserttitle}\\ \textcolor{black}{\large\insertdate}\\ \textcolor{black}{\large\insertauthor} \textcolor{white}{\insertinstitute}\\ \end{center} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Center for Business \& Economic Analysis} Provide applied economic insight to support decision-making across Wyoming. The CBEA serves as a resource for policymakers, communities, and businesses, producing accessible, nonpartisan research on the state’s most pressing issues. \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.6\textwidth} \begin{itemize} \item Corporate, government, and academic \item Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER) \end{itemize} \textbf{Past Work} \begin{itemize} \item Over 65 projects \item Nuclear sector analysis \item IMPLAN, REMI, and econometrics \item Energy and policy analysis \end{itemize} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth} \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/cbea/index.html}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{qr-code.png}} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Outline \begin{frame}{Outline} \tableofcontents \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Background} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{About Wyoming} \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.6\textwidth} \begin{itemize} \onslide<1->\item{Least populated state} \onslide<2->\item{Energy economy} \begin{enumerate} \onslide<3->\item Most coal \onslide<4->\item Oil and gas \onslide<5->\item Wind \onslide<6->\item Data centers \end{enumerate} \onslide<7->\item Yellowstone and tourism \end{itemize} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Wyoming} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}[c]{United States Coal Production 2001-2024} \centering \only<1>{ \animategraphics[width=0.8\textwidth,loop=true,label=,autoplay=true]{3}{chart}{0}{34} \newline \includegraphics[width=0.25\textwidth]{Legend} } \only<2>{ \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{chart30} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{chart25} \end{column} \end{columns} \includegraphics[width=0.25\textwidth]{Legend} } \only<3>{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Time_Series}} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Is Nuclear Energy the Solution?} \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.6\textwidth} \begin{itemize} \onslide<1-> \item Fits Wyoming's energy specialization \onslide<2-> \item Uranium mining \onslide<3-> \item Manufacturing \onslide<4-> \item Similar economics as coal \end{itemize} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{TerraPower} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Groundbreaking} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis (CERPA)} \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.155\textwidth} \centering \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/ser/_files/docs/research/publications/cerpa-nuclear3-paper.pdf}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{cerpa-publications-nuclear3.png}} \small Mining \end{column} \begin{column}{0.155\textwidth} \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/ser/_files/docs/research/publications/cerpa-nuclear1-paper.pdf}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{cerpa-publications-nuclear1.png}} \small \centering Enrichment \end{column} \begin{column}{0.155\textwidth} \small \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/ser/_files/docs/research/publications/cerpa-nuclear2-paper.pdf}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{cerpa-publications-nuclear2.png}} \centering Components \end{column} \begin{column}{0.155\textwidth} \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/ser/_files/docs/research/publications/cerpa-nuclear4-paper.pdf}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{cerpa-publications-nuclear4.png}} \small \centering Direct heat \end{column} \begin{column}{0.155\textwidth} \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/ser/_files/docs/research/publications/cerpa-nuclear6-paper.pdf}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{cerpa-publications-nuclear6.png}} \small \centering \only<1>{Electricity} \only<2->{\textbf{Electricity}} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.155\textwidth} \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/ser/_files/docs/research/publications/cerpa-nuclear5-paper.pdf}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{cerpa-publications-nuclear5.png}} \small \centering SNF storage \end{column} \end{columns} \vfill \only<1>{ \begin{enumerate} \onslide<2->\item{Identify challenges to acquire nuclear sectors in Wyoming} \onslide<3->\item{Make reports comparable across the supply chain} \onslide<4->\item{Economic benefits} \onslide<5->\item{Costs} \end{enumerate} } \only<6>{ \begin{enumerate} \item{Identify challenges to acquire nuclear sectors in Wyoming} \item{Make reports comparable across the supply chain} \item{\textbf{Economic benefits}} \item{Costs} \end{enumerate} } \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Economic impact model} \begin{frame}{Economic Impact Advantages} Input output model challenges \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.6\textwidth} \begin{enumerate} \onslide<1->\item<1->{Standard method across multiple firms} \onslide<2->\item<2->{Includes second order effects} \onslide<3->\item<3->{Feasible benefits estimates} \onslide<4->\item<4->{Environmental costs included} \end{enumerate} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth} \href{https://www.uwyo.edu/cbea/index.html}{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Matrix}} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %\begin{frame}{Economic Impact Choices} %Input output model challenges %\begin{columns}[t] % \begin{column}{0.6\textwidth} % \begin{enumerate} % \item<1->{Unique industry (no state data)} % \item<2->{New technologies} % \item<3->{Uncertainty in growth} % \item<5->{Economic linkages} % \end{enumerate} % \end{column} % \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth} % \only<1-2>{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Chooz_Nuclear_Power_Plant-9361}} % \only<3>{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Utah_Data_Center_Panorama_(cropped)}} % \only<4->{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Nuclear_Forecast}} % \end{column} %\end{columns} % %\end{frame} \section{Wyoming Nuclear Electricity Model} \begin{frame}[plain] \centering \huge Electricity and Reactors \end{frame} \begin{frame}{Reactor Economic Modeling} \onslide<1->How many reactors in Wyoming? (low, medium, high) \onslide<2->How should spending categories be modeled? \onslide<3->What will be the local rate of purchases and employment? \vfill \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \only<4->{ \textbf{Modeling Complications} \begin{itemize} \item Uncertain growth \item Regional variation \item Developing technology \end{itemize} } \end{column} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \only<5->{ \textbf{Modeling Advantages} \begin{itemize} \item Existing reactor plans \item Some historic data \item Available forecasts \end{itemize} } \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Total Wyoming Reactor Potential} \begin{itemize} \onslide<1->\item Meta analysis of growth rates \onslide<2->\item Probability of adding a reactor in any year \onslide<3->\item Probability of Wyoming receiving any of the US reactor \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{IAEA Nuclear Capacity Forecast of North America} \centering \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{IAEA_North_America_Forecast} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{EIA AEO Nuclear Capacity Forecast of United States} \centering \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{EIA_Forecast} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{EIA AEO Nuclear Additions by Period} \centering \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{EIA_Additions} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Input Output of a Reactor} \begin{frame}{Input Output Model of Nuclear Growth} \vfill \only<1-8>{ \centering \textbf{Benchmark reactor model applies NRC reported numbers} \vfill \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.55\textwidth} \textbf{Model inputs by year} \begin{itemize} \onslide<2->\item Construction employment levels \onslide<3->\item Probability increases with time \onslide<4->\item Operating employment levels \begin{itemize} \onslide<5->\item Apply national I-O of nuclear operations to Wyoming \onslide<6->\item Utilized available salary estimates \end{itemize} \onslide<7->\item Ratio of profits spent in the state adjusted \onslide<8->\item Manual calculation of taxes when possible \end{itemize} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.45\textwidth} \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{IMPLAN_Custom} \end{column} \end{columns} } \only<9>{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{IMPLAN_Custom}} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Single Reactor Employment Results} \centering \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{Single_Reactor_Model} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Single Reactor Tax Model} \centering \begin{itemize} \onslide<2->\item Direct taxes calculated \onslide<3->\item Induced taxes from I-O model \onslide<4->\item Is your reactor state funded? No taxes, but all local spending \end{itemize} \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{Single_Reactor_Taxes} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Time Considerations} \begin{frame}{Accounting for Time with Single Reactor} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{NPV_Table} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{Accounting for Time with Multiple Reactors} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Reactor_Probability} \end{frame} \section{Model Results} \begin{frame}{Results} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Results} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{Considering Downstream Effects} The I-O model applies existing regional production. That may not always apply to nuclear sectors. \vfill \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \begin{itemize} \onslide<1>{\item Uranium} \onslide<2>{\item Fuel fabrication} \onslide<3>{\item Components} \onslide<4>{\item Spent fuel } \end{itemize} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \only<1>{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Smith-Ranch-Highland}} \only<2>{ \includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth]{Gillet} \includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth]{BWXT}} \only<3>{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{LH}} \only<4>{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Spent_Fuel_Article}} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}[plain] \begin{center} \huge Conclusion \end{center} \begin{center} \normalsize For more information contact: \href{mailto:agebben@uwyo.edu}{agebben@uwyo.edu} \end{center} \end{frame} %%%%%%% \end{document}