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Federally Recognized Tribal Lands Within 50 Miles of Nuclear Power Plants

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federally recognized Tribe or Tribes within 50 miles)

 

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Click on a given State (or state code listed below) for information on Tribes near Reactors, Uranium Mining and Licensing, Reactor Licensing, Tribal Notification Contacts, etc.

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Alabama

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Bellefonte Nuclear Station, Units 3 and 4 Application – Near Scottsboro in Jackson County, AL – Status: Application withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Browns Ferry – General License
Farley – General License

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Alaska

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Arizona

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Palo Verde
Tribes:

  • Ak-Chin Indian Community
  • Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
     —Arizona, California & Nevada
  • Gila River Reservation
  • Tohono O'odham Trust Land
  • Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
     —Arizona & California

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments:

Navajo Nation of Indians: Navajo Representatives to be notified

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Palo Verde – General License

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Arkansas

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Arkansas Nuclear One – General License

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California

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments:

Morongo Band of Mission Indians: Morongo Representatives to be notified

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Diablo Canyon – Site-Specific License
Humboldt Bay – Site-Specific License
Rancho Seco – Site-Specific License
San Onofre – General License

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Colorado

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments:

Navajo Nation of Indians: Navajo Representatives to be notified

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Fort Saint Vrain – Site-Specific License

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Connecticut

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Millstone
Tribes:

  • Mohegan Reservation
  • MashanTucket Pequot Reservation
  • Narragansett Reservation
  • Shinnecock Indian Nation

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Haddam Neck – General License
Millstone – General License

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Delaware

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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District of Columbia

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Florida

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: St. Lucie
Tribes:

  • Brighton Reservation (Seminole Tribes of Florida)
  • Fort Pierce Reservation

Plant: Turkey Point
Tribes:

  • Coconut Creek Trust Land (Seminole Tribes of Florida)
  • Hollywood Reservation (Seminole Tribes of Florida)
  • Miccosukee Reservation
  • Miccosukee Trust Land
  • Seminole Trust Land (Seminole Tribes of Florida)

Reactor License Applications

Levy Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 – Levy County, FL – Status: COL License Issued

Levy Nuclear Plan, Unit 2 – Levy County, FL – Status: COL License Issued

Turkey Point, Units 6 and 7 Application – Homestead, FL – Status: Application: Under Review

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Crystal River – General License
St. Lucie – General License
Turkey Point – General License

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Georgia

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3 (Under Construction) – Waynesboro, GA – Status: COL License Issued

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 4 (Under Construction) – Waynesboro, GA – Status: COL License Issued

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Hatch – General License
Vogtle – General License

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Guam

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Hawaii

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Idaho

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
DOE Idaho Spent Fuel Storage – Site-Specific License
DOE TMI-2 – Site-Specific License

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Illinois

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Braidwood – General License
Byron – General License
Clinton – General License
Dresden – General License
GE Hitachi - Morris – Site-Specific License
LaSalle – General License
Quad Cities – General License
Zion – General License

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Indiana

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Iowa

Tribes Within 50 Miles:
Plant: Duane Arnold (no longer operating)
Tribes:

  • Sac & Fox/Meskwaki Trust Land
  • Sac & Fox/Meskwaki Reservation

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Kansas

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Kentucky

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Louisiana

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: River Bend
Tribes:

  • Tunica-Biloxi Reservation

Reactor License Applications

River Bend Station, Unit 3 Application – St. Francisville, LA – Status: Application Withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
River Bend – General License
Waterford – General License

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Maine

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Maine Yankee – General License

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Maryland

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Calvert Cliffs
Tribes:

  • Rappahannock Tribe
  • Upper Mattaponi Tribe

Reactor License Applications

Calvert Cliffs, Unit 3 Application – Calvert County, MD – Status: Application Withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Calvert Cliffs – Site-Specific License

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Massachusetts

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Pilgrim
Tribes:

  • Wampanoag-Aquinnah Trust Land

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Pilgrim – General License
Yankee Rowe – General License

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Michigan

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Palisades
Tribes:

  • Matchebenashshewish Band of Pottawatomi
  • Pokagon Reservation
  • Pokagon Trust Land (located within 10-mile emergency preparedness zone)

Plant: D.C. Cook
Tribes:

  • Pokagon Reservation
  • Pokagon Trust Land

Reactor License Applications

Enrico Fermi Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 – Newport City in Monroe, County, MI – Status: COL License Issued

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Big Rock Point – General License
Cook – General License
Fermi – General License
Palisades – General License

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Minnesota

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Monticello
Tribes:

  • Shakopee Community
  • Shakopee Trust Land
  • Mille Lacs Reservation Chippewa Tribe

Plant: Prairie Island
Tribes:

  • Prairie Island Community (located within 10-mile emergency preparedness zone)
  • Prairie Island Trust Land (located within 10-mile emergency preparedness zone)
  • Shakopee Community
  • Shakopee Trust Land

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Monticello – General License
Prairie Island – Site-Specific License

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Mississippi

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Grand Gulf, Unit 3 Application – near Port Gibson in Claiborne County, MS – Status: Application Withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Grand Gulf – General License

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Missouri

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Callaway, Unit 2 Application – Callaway County, MO – Status: Application Withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Callaway – General License

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Montana

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Nebraska

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Cooper 
Tribes:

  • Sac & Fox Trust Land
  • Sac & Fox Reservation
  • Iowa Reservation
  • Iowa Trust Land
  • Kickapoo

Plant: Fort Calhoun
Tribes:

  • Winnebago Trust Land
  • Winnebago Reservation
  • Omaha Reservation

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications

Crow Butte – NE – ISR License Renewal, License Reissued 2014
(No webpage)

Marsland – Dawes County, NE – ISR Expansion, Responding to Review

North Trend – Crawford County, NE – ISR Expansion, On Hold

Three Crow – NE – ISR Expansion, Review on Hold Per Request
(No webpage)

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Fort Calhoun – General License
Cooper – General License

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Nevada

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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New Hampshire State Government

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Seabrook – General License

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New Jersey

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Early Site Permit - PSEG Site – Near Salem, NJ – Status: Permit Issued

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Hope Creek – General License
Oyster Creek – General License
Salem – General License

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New Mexico

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications

Crownpoint – McKinley County, NM – ISR License Renewal, In Abeyance

Juan Tafoya – NM – Conventional Uranium Mill, Delayed by Applicant to 2020
(No webpage)

Mt. Taylor – NM – Conventional Uranium Mill, Delayed by Applicant to 2020
(No webpage)

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments:

Navajo Nation of Indians: Navajo Representatives to be notified

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Eddy-Lea – Seeking Site-Specific License

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New York

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: FitzPatrick
Tribes:

  • Cayuga Nation
  • Onondaga Reservation
  • Oneida Reservation

Plant: Ginna
Tribes:

  • Cayuga Nation

Plant: Nine Mile Point
Tribes:

  • Cayuga Nation
  • Onondaga Reservation
  • Oneida Reservation

Reactor License Applications

Nine Mile Point, Unit 3 Application – Oswego, NY – Status: Application Withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments:

Seneca Nation of Indians: Seneca Representatives to be notified

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
FitzPatrick – General License
Ginna – General License
Indian Point – General License
Nine Mile Point – General License

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North Carolina

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: McGuire
Tribes:

  • Catawba Reservation

Reactor License Applications

Shearon Harris Nuclear Site, Units 2 and 3 Application – Near New Hill in Wake County, NC – Status: Application Review Suspended

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Brunswick – General License
McGuire – General License

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North Dakota

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Ohio

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Davis Besse – General License
Perry – General License

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Oklahoma

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Oregon

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Trojan – Site-Specific License

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Pennsylvania

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant Application – Luzerne County, PA – Status: Application Withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Beaver Valley – General License
Limerick – General License
Peach Bottom – General License
Susquehanna – General License

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Puerto Rico

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Rhode Island

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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South Carolina

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Catawba
Tribes:

  • Catawba Reservation

Plant: Oconee
Tribes:

  • Eastern Cherokee Reservation

Plant: Summer
Tribes:

  • Catawba Reservation

Reactor License Applications

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (Construction Terminated) – Jenkinsville, SC – Status: COL License Issued

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 3 (Construction Terminated) – Jenkinsville, SC – Status: COL License Issued

William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Unit 1 – Cherokee County, SC – Status: COL License Issued

William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Unit 2 – Cherokee County, SC – Status: COL License Issued

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Catawba – General License
Oconee – General License and Site-Specific License
Robinson – General License and Site-Specific License
Summer – General License

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South Dakota

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Tennessee

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Early Site Permit Application – Clinch River Nuclear Site – – Status: Under Review

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Sequoyah – General License
Watts Bar – General License

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Texas

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 3 and 4 Application – Near Glen Rose in Somervell County, TX – Status: Application Review Suspended

South Texas Project, Unit 3 – Bay City, TX – Status: COL License Issued

South Texas Project, Unit 4 – Bay City, TX – Status: COL License Issued

Victoria County Station, Units 1 and 2 Application – Near Victoria City in Victoria County, TX – Application Withdrawn

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Comanche Peak – General License
South Texas Project – Seeking General License
Waste Control Specialists (WCS) – Seeking Site-Specific License

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Utah

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments:

Navajo Nation of Indians: Navajo Representatives to be notified

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Private Fuel Storage – Site-Specific License

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Vermont

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Vermont Yankee – General License

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Virginia

Tribes Within 50 Miles:
Plant: North Anna
Tribes:

  • Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.
     —Tribal Designated Statistical Area

Tribes Within 50 Miles:
Plant: Surry
Tribes:

  • Pamunkey Reservation
  • Chickahominy Indian Tribe
  • Chickahominy Indian Tribe
     —Eastern Division
  • Nansemond Indian Tribe
  • Upper Mattaponi Tribe

Reactor License Applications

North Anna Power Station, Unit 3 – Louisa, VA – Status: COL License Issued

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
North Anna – General License and Site-Specific License
Surry – General License and Site-Specific License

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U.S. Virgin Islands

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Washington

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Columbia
Tribes:

  • Confederated Tribes
      of the Umatilla Indian
      Reservation and Trust land
  • Yakama Reservation
  • Yakama Trust Land

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Columbia – General License

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West Virginia

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

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Wisconsin

Tribes Within 50 Miles
Plant: Point Beach
Tribes:

  • Oneida (WI) Trust Land
  • Oneida (WI) Reservation

Plant: Keewaunee
Tribes:

  • Oneida (WI) Trust Land
  • Oneida (WI) Reservation

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications: none

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses
Kewaunee – General License
LaCrosse – General License
Point Beach – General License

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Wyoming

Tribes Within 50 Miles: none

Reactor License Applications: none

Uranium Recovery License Applications

Brown Ranch Tract 1 (Smith Ranch, Highland) – Converse, Campbell, Johnson, Fremont, and Natrona Counties, WY – ISR Expansion, Delayed by Applicant
(No webpage)

Irigray Expansion – WY – ISR Expansion, Delayed by Applicant
(No webpage)

LC East/KM Horizon – Sweetwater County, WY – ISR Expansion, Review Ongoing

Jane Dough – WY – ISR Expansion, License Amendment Issued
(No webpage)

Ludeman – Converse County, WY – ISR Expansion, Review Ongoing

Kendrick – Crook County, WY – ISR Expansion, Review on Hold

Lost Soldier – WY – ISR Expansion, Delayed by Applicant
(No webpage)

Reno Creek – WY – ISR New Facility; License Issued
(No webpage)

Ruth (Smith Ranch, Highland) – Converse, Campbell, Johnson, Fremont, and Natrona Counties, WY – ISR Expansion, Delayed by Applicant to 2022
(No webpage)

Shirley Basin – WY – ISR Expansion, Delayed by Applicant
(No webpage)

Smith Ranch Highland – Converse, Campbell, Johnson, Fremont, and Natrona Counties, WY – ISR License Renewal, Responding to Review

Sweetwater – Sweetwater County, WY – Conventional Uranium Mill License Review, Responding to Review

Advance Notification Contacts for Nuclear Shipments: none

New and Existing ISFSI Licenses: none

Note: There are no reservations or Trust lands within 50 miles of a reactor in Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. Territories. This map does not capture Tribes with historical and/or ancestral interests within the area.

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Page Last Reviewed/Updated Friday, October 31, 2025

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Friday, October 31, 2025