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Senate committee passes bipartisan nuclear energy bill 

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Editor’s Note:In supporting “all of the above” clean energy sources, nuclear has a place.  The Nuclear Action Team at CCL has some very impressive voices, and nuclear generation costs (including the costs of safety and disposal) are being reduced dramatically owing to advancing scientific and technical progress.  New designs are much safer than prior generations (they “fail safe” by shutting down if they lose cooling or other power) and some designs actual use waste fuel as feedstock for new fuel sources.  Check it out — Nuclear Energy Action Team

From Climate 202

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 16-3 yesterday to advance a bill that would accelerate domestic production of new nuclear technologies and establish the United States as a leader in nuclear power.

The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2023, which was introduced by Chairman Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.), ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), seeks to accomplish the following goals:

  • Empowering the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to lead in international forums to develop regulations for nuclear reactors.
  • Requiring the NRC to help enable the timely licensing of nuclear reactors at brownfield sites.
  • Reducing regulatory costs for companies seeking to license advanced nuclear reactor technologies.
  • Boosting funding for cleaning up abandoned uranium mining sites on tribal lands.
“Investing in clean, reliable nuclear energy is essential to meeting our climate goals and advancing our economic and national security interests,” Carper said in a statement. “I look forward to working with our Senate colleagues to pass this legislation and send it to the President’s desk.”

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