National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 29, 2022)
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
This bill directs the President to develop a national strategy to utilize microreactors to assist with natural disaster response efforts. A microreactor is a nuclear reactor with at most 20 megawatts of thermal energy generating capacity.
Specifically, such strategy must include
- an assessment of the effectiveness of utilizing diesel generators to assist with natural disaster response efforts;
- a comprehensive, research-based, and long-term discussion of goals, objectives, and priorities for utilizing microreactors instead of diesel generators to assist with such efforts;
- a Department of Defense analysis regarding the use of such microreactors to assist with such efforts;
- recommendations on how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may expedite the approval of designs for microreactors and issuing licenses;
- an assessment of the challenges and barriers to deploying microreactors to assist with such efforts and solutions; and
- recommendations on how to utilize microreactors as charging stations for electric vehicles in the event of a mass evacuation resulting from a natural disaster.
What just happenedAug 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 29, 2022
- Aug 1, 2022Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee - Jul 29, 2022IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Armed Services Committee - Jul 29, 2022IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 29, 2022IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Jul 29, 2022IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2022IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House