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| Senate Passes Bill to Accelerate Development of Nuclear Power Plants [88:2] |
| 2024-06-20 |
| [Breitbart] A bipartisan bill that will advance the development of nuclear energy power plants in the nation was passed by the United States Senate on Tuesday. In an 88-2 vote, the Senate voted to pass the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, which is part of the Fire Grants and Safety Act (S.8.70), according to a press release from the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW). The ADVANCE Act will now move forward to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed. “Today, we sent the ADVANCE Act to the president’s desk because Congress worked together to recognize the importance of nuclear energy to America’s future and got the job done,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) said in the press release. Under the bill, the current process for exporting “American technology to international markets” would be improved, the “regulatory costs for companies seeking to license advanced nuclear reactor technologies” would be reduced, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chair would be given additional “tools” to “hire and retain” more qualified staff members who will “successfully and safely review and process applications for advanced nuclear reactor licenses,” among many others, according to the press release. The bill would also task the NRC with evaluating “manufacturing techniques” that would help to “build nuclear reactors better, faster, cheaper and smarter.” American Nuclear Energy Leadership would also be facilitated under the bill, by “empowering” the NRC to “read in international forums to develop regulations for advanced nuclear reactors.” |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 #1 they store it in the state where all NIMBYs go - at Los Alamos, NM. Doesn't bother the Forest Service from trying the burn the whole place down. Unfortunately, the FS doesn't learn and seems to do it on a regular basis in NM. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-06-20 16:07 |
| #2 ^ Closed facility clean-up of hundreds of tons of bubbling goo in Richland, WA. (The Atomic City) also remains a challenge. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-20 13:40 |
| #1 Given Yucca Mountain remains stopped and abandoned, where will they store the vastly increased quantity of nuke waste? Above ground long-term cask storage is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Wiki cite-"Right now, all of the nuclear waste that a power plant generates in its entire lifetime is stored on-site in dry casks. A permanent disposal site for used nuclear fuel has been planned for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, since 1987, but political issues keep it from becoming a reality." |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-06-20 13:33 |
