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Joe Biden Just Signed a Popular, Bipartisan Nuclear Power Bill. Advocates Say It’s a Sign of Things to Come.


 National Review 12th July 2024

With Congress gridlocked and President Joe Biden’s political career hanging by a thread, Republicans and Democrats came together to pass legislation promoting the development of nuclear power, providing a rare example of bipartisan unity and government action on an issue that lawmakers and policy wonks across the political spectrum agree on — but for different reasons.

President Biden signed the legislation on Tuesday with very little fanfare ………………………………………………

Senators Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) and Carper (D., Del.), and Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R., Wash.) and Pallone (D., N.J.) were among the ADVANCE Act’s champions. 

……………………..The ADVANCE Act requires the NRC to speed up its review process for building nuclear reactors on existing nuclear sites, award a cash prize for successfully building next-generation nuclear technology, and create a plan for faster nuclear construction on abandoned or under-utilized properties known as brownfield sites.

…………………………….. Moving forward, Senators Tim Scott (R., S.C.) and Coons (D., Del.) proposed a measure earlier this year to remove the NRC’s mandatory-hearing requirement for uncontested nuclear-license applications.

Like the ADVANCE Act, the bill shows how the bipartisan enthusiasm for nuclear power, and the old-school dealmaking it brings, has only just begun.

July 12, 2024

July 14, 2024 - Posted by | politics, USA

1 Comment »

  1. When will the Congress, the Nuclear Industry, the profit addicted, private investor owned electric utility and the “invisible hand of the free market,” finally give up on nuclear power? Already wind and solar power has surpassed the share of new generating capacity of electricity. Will they finally get it through their thick skin that nuclear power is too dangerous, too expensive and totally unnecessary for our energy needs? Give up and stop trying to get the government to put it on welfare from us the taxpayer. We don’t want nuclear power. We don’t want to pay for it. So, give it up for god’s sake, It is dead and should remain dead. It is not needed or wanted so, STOP!

    paulrodenlearning's avatar Comment by paulrodenlearning | July 14, 2024 | Reply


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