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\title{Wyoming's Nuclear Supply Chain Opportunities and Challenges}
\author{Alexander Gebben}
%\institute{Center for Business and Economic Analysis, University of Wyoming}
\institute{University of Wyoming, Center for Business and Economic Analysis}
\date{April 14th, 2026}
\begin{document}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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\item<2->{Consumer surplus}
\begin{itemize}
\item<2->{Private value}
\item<2->{Lower electricty costs}
\item<2->{Better stablity}
\item<2->{Lower electricity costs}
\item<2->{Better stability}
\end{itemize}
\item<3->{Taxes}
\begin{itemize}
\item<3->{Goverment spending value}
\item<3->{Government spending value}
\end{itemize}
\end{enumerate}
}
\only<4-7>{\textbf{Indirect Benefits and Costs}
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\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{0.6\textwidth}
\textbf{Indirect Benefits and Costs}
\begin{enumerate}
\item<4->{Externalities}
\item<4->{Externalities}
\begin{itemize}
\item<5->{Positive}
\item<5->{Negative}
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\item<6->{Indirect and induced spending effects (More consumer and producer surplus)}
\item<7->{Opportunity Costs: What else could you do with the money?}
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%%%%
\begin{frame}{Direct Effects}
Assume an existing Wyoming manufacturing firm adds 20 new employees to produce nuclear components.
\newline
Total direct value add of \$2.27 million per year, \$1.87 million of Wyoming GDP contribution\footnote{Assume an existing Wyoming manufacturing firm adds 20 new employees to produce nuclear components.}.
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Benefits}
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\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Costs}
\begin{itemize}
\item{\(\approx\)\$13 thousand benefits moved from state taxes to profit.}
\item{\(\approx\)\$13 thousand benefits moved from State taxes to profit.}
\item{14 tons of non-toxic waste products.}
\item{1 acre of land used.}
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\vfill
Total direct value add of \$2.27 million per year, \$1.87 million of Wyoming GDP contribution.
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\begin{frame}{Indirect Effects}
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\item{\$2.9 million in Wyoming GDP increase}
\item{32 added employees}
\item{24 tons of non-toxic waste}
\item{No (or minor) radioactivty considerations}
\item{No (or minor) radioactivity considerations}
\end{itemize}
\vfill
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\item{Industry employees}
\item{Local business}
\item{Nuclear power plant operators}
\item{Local and State goverment amenities}
\item{Local and State government amenities}
\end{itemize}
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\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Who might be harmed?}
\begin{itemize}
\item{No clear indviduals with substantial costs.}
\item{Local taxes could compenstate if some increase traffic or other costs.}
\item{No clear individuals with substantial costs.}
\item{Local taxes could compensate if some increase traffic or other costs.}
\end{itemize}
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\textbf{What is required to aquire the industry?}
\textbf{What is necessary to acquire the industry?}
\begin{itemize}
\item{Financial support required to make nuclear a cheaper alternative to natural gas}
\item{\$2 billion of support for TerraPower overcomes this, Wyoming a feasible location.}
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\begin{frame}{Wyoming Tax Impacts}
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%\begin{frame}{Wyoming Tax Impacts}
% \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Taxes.png}
%\end{frame}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}{Direct Construction Effects}
Total direct value added of \$629 million, \$408 million of Wyoming GDP contribution, \$49 million at the county level\footnote{Discount at 5\% and average employment over all years of construction.}.
\vfill
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{0.33\textwidth}
\textbf{Benefits Wyoming}
\small
\begin{itemize}
\item{748 employment}
\item{\$365 million in employee compensation}
\item{\$9.6 million in sales tax.}
\item{\$33 million in property tax.}
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.33\textwidth}
\textbf{Benefits Local}
\small
\begin{itemize}
\item{37 employment}
\item{\$18.25 million in employee compensation}
\item{\$3 million county sales taxes}
\item{\$28 million in county property tax.}
\end{itemize}
% \textbf{Other Benefits}
% \small
% \begin{itemize}
% \item{\$97 mill. U.S. taxes.}
% \item{\$124 mill. profit}
% \end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.33\textwidth}
\textbf{Costs}
\begin{itemize}
\item{Increased traffic accidents worth \$11.8 million to avoid.}
\item{490 thousand tons of non-toxic waste products.}
\item{43 tons of RCRA toxic waste.}
\end{itemize}
\vfill
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\begin{frame}{Direct Construction Effects}
Total direct value add of \$629 million, \$408 million of Wyoming GDP contribution, \$49 million at the county level.\footnote{Discount at 5\% and average employment over all years of construction.}.
\begin{frame}{Indirect Construction Effects}
Total indirect value add of \$126 million, \$94 million of Wyoming GDP contribution.
\vfill
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\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Benefits}
\small
\begin{itemize}
\item{748 employment}
\item{239 employment}
\item{\$52 million in employee compensation}
\item{\$41 million in profit}
\item{\$17.1 million in Wyoming tax.}
\begin{itemize}
% \item{5\% are local, and 95\% are from Wyoming}
\item{37 from the County}
\item{\$5.6 million in county taxes}
\item{\$11.5 million State}
\end{itemize}
\item{\$365 million in employee compensation}
\begin{itemize}
\item{\$18.25 million local}
\end{itemize}
% \item{\$124 million in profit}
\item{\$9.6 million in sales tax.}
\begin{itemize}
% \item{Assuming distribution of 69\% State tax and 31\% county}
\item{\$6.6 million State}
\item{\$3 million county taxes}
\end{itemize}
\item{\$33 million in property tax.}
\begin{itemize}
% \item{Assuming distribution of 15\% State tax and 85\% county}
\item{\$5 million State}
\item{\$28 million county taxes}
\end{itemize}
% \item{\$97 million in U.S. taxes.}
\item{\$15.5 million in U.S taxes}
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Costs}
\begin{itemize}
\item{\(\approx\)\$13 thousand benefits moved from state taxes to profit.}
\item{14 tons of non-toxic waste products.}
\item{1 acre of land used.}
\item{2,425 tons of non-toxic waste products}
\item{85 tons of RCRA toxic waste.}
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}{Operating Effects}
Total value added of \$150 million per year. However money can leave the State.
\vfill
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Benefits Wyoming}
\small
\begin{itemize}
\item{Between 371 and 516 employment}
\item{Between \$50 and \$75 million in compensation}
\item{\$14 million in State taxes.}
\begin{itemize}
\item{\$4 million in county taxes}
\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Costs}
\begin{itemize}
\item{Opportunity Cost: Gas conversion}
\item{970 tons of non-toxic waste}
\item{Accident risk}
\item{Personal preference to avoid nuclear}
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}{Overall Considerations}
\begin{itemize}
\item{Signficant Wyoming GDP increase}
\item{Impacts are not uniform over time or space}
\end{itemize}
\vfill
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Who Benefits?}
\begin{itemize}
\item{Skilled Industry employees}
\item{Local business}
\item{Most consumers}
\item{Local and State government amenities}
\end{itemize}
\vfill
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Who might be harmed?}
\begin{itemize}
\item{Coal or gas specific skills }
\item{Spent fuel managment}
\item{Infrastructure and houseing load}
\item{National tax payers}
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
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