National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 29, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2022 to Sep 22, 2022, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Jul 29, 2022 |
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Aug 16, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Sep 22, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Jul 29, 2022Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2022Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
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- Jul 29, 2022Introduced in House
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