Nuclear Reactors 1025 - Ohio Legislature Working On Bill To Stimulate Molten Salt Reactor Research and Development - Part 2 of 2 Parts

Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
     Under HB 434, the new state nuclear authority would perform “an essential government function [on] matters of public necessity for which public moneys may be spent and private property acquired.” The bill offers no estimate of how much money would ultimately be spent. Any fiscal impacts would not be known until an agreement with the NRC or the DoE.

Nuclear Reactors 1024 - Ohio Legislature Working On Bill To Stimulate Molten Salt Reactor Research and Development - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts
      Three years ago, Ohio lawmakers tried to bail out the state’s aging nuclear power plants by passing a law intended to make utility customers pay more than one billion dollars in subsidies for these former FirstEnergy commercial nuclear power plants.

Nuclear Reactors 1023 - Tractebel Is Working On The Nuward Small Modular Reactor Project For France

     Tractebel is going to contribute to the development of France’s Nuward small modular reactor (SMR) project. The Belgian engineering company will carry out studies for the completion of the conceptual design of “the first SMR is the European Union.

Nuclear Reactors 1022 - U.S. Senate Working On Security Of Uranium Supplies

     Jennifer Granholm is the U.S. Secretary of Energy. She told the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (SENRC) that the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) is drafting a plan for a “broad uranium strategy” to ensure a steady supply of uranium to meet national requirements. The strategy work is being led by Katheryn Huff who was appointed as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy.

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