In late January, a legislative meeting in the US state of Wyoming cut to the core of energy debates. One bill in discussion, entitled ‘Make carbon dioxide great again — no net zero, ’ demonstrates general hostility to the energy transition in a predominantly Republican state that has produced coal, oil and gas for generations. But another bill on the meeting agenda, about advanced nuclear energy manufacturing, envisions a lower carbon future for Wyoming: one that has garnered significant interest from local and foreign companies. “Wyoming is developing an environment that is very interesting to the nuclear industry, and we’re very excited to consider setting up our manufacturing operation in Wyoming,” Matt Wilson, operations director at California-based nuclear start-up Radiant Indus...