As communities in Wyoming debate whether to allow spent fuel storage as the state's nuclear industry is growing, state legislators heard about how Canada has handled its dilemma of where to put its nuclear waste.

At a Council of State Governments West (CSG) conference hosted at Snow King Resort in Jackson on Wednesday, Wyoming legislators were among those learning about how Canada was able to identify a nuclear waste site in stark contrast to the United States, which has never successfully identified a location for permanent storage.

Whether or not Wyoming should allow more nuclear waste to be stored in the state continues to divide towns from Rock Springs to Bar Nunn to Gillette .

Safely disposing of nuclear waste has been a critical topic of discussions between members of the Wyom

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