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Pro nuclear U.S. lawmakers again introduce Bill to promote nuclear industry

WASHINGTON, D.C. 19 July 21, – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) reintroduced the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (ANIA)
……. pecifically, ANIA will:

• Reestablish American international competitiveness and global leadership;
• ANIA empowers the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to lead a consensus-building process in international forums to establish regulations for advanced nuclear reactor designs.
• ANIA provides the NRC authority to deny imports of Russian nuclear fuel on national security grounds.
• Expand nuclear energy through advanced nuclear technologies;
• ANIA creates a prize to incentivize the successful licensing process of next generation nuclear technologies and fuels.
• ANIA requires the NRC to identify and resolve regulatory barriers to enable advanced nuclear technologies to reduce industrial emissions.
• Preserve existing nuclear energy; and
• ANIA authorizes a targeted credit program to preserve nuclear plants at risk of prematurely shutting down.
• ANIA modernizes outdated rules that restrict investment in nuclear energy.
• Revitalize America’s nuclear supply chain infrastructure.
• ANIA identifies modern manufacturing techniques to build nuclear reactors better, faster, cheaper, and smarter.  https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/capito-whitehouse-barrasso-booker-crapo-introduce-legislation-to-preserve-and-expand-americas-nuclear-energy-sector

July 20, 2021 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA