For one of the Wyoming Legislature’s most ardent opponents of increasing radioactive waste storage in the state, a nuclear generator manufacturer’s announcement this week that it has abandoned Wyoming for Tennessee was bittersweet.

The many efforts of state Rep. Bill Allemand, R- Casper, to oppose the company’s bid to store spent nuclear fuel in his county tarnished his relationship with other officials, but he told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday it was worth the political fallout to represent his constituents.

One of his detractors countered, saying Allemand’s tactics look more like campaign efforts than thoughtful representation.

“I have no interest in working with Bill Allemand unless we absolutely have to,” Bar Nunn Mayor Peter Boyer told Cowboy State Daily.

The debate sparked a f

See Full Page