Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), has joined with Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Bob Casey (D-PA) in introducing S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA).
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Letters of support:
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization
US Nuclear Infrastructure Council
Texas Mining & Reclamation Association
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Engineering Physics Department
X-Energy, LLC
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.
In 2016, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in introducing S. 2795, Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, a bill to modernize the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by establishing new transparency and accountability measures to the NRC’s budget and fee programs as well as to develop the regulatory framework necessary to enable the licensing of advanced nuclear reactors.
Full Text of S. 2795
S. 2795 Section by Section
Letters of Support:
United States Nuclear Infrastructure Council
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Next Generation Nuclear Plant Industry Alliance
MIT Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate
MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering
UC Berkeley's Nuclear Engineering Dept
University of Michigan Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
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| 2/27/03 | Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. To consider the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget for the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation. |
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- ClearPathAction.pdf (158.3 KBs)
- NEI Letter to Senate EPW Committee in Support of S. 2795.pdf (134.3 KBs)
- TW NEIMA Letter of Support.pdf (146.8 KBs)
- USNIC S.2795 Letter.pdf (158.5 KBs)
- C2ES support letter S2795.pdf (394.5 KBs)
- TEUSA - Senate S.2795 letter 16 04 19.pdf (404.5 KBs)
- Gen4 Energy re S2795.pdf (128.6 KBs)
- Rachel Pritzker EPW support letter S 2795.pdf (12.4 MBs)
- Hybrid Power Technologies LLC letter of April 19 2016.pdf (681.5 KBs)
- Elysium support letter.pdf (89.0 KBs)
- EWC Letter - NEIMA.pdf (116.6 KBs)
- TAP EPW Support NEIMA.pdf (60.7 KBs)
- NGNP EPW Support NEIMA.pdf (561.0 KBs)
- Lassiter Senate NEIMA .pdf (29.5 KBs)
- X-energy Support for Nuclear Regulatory Modernization - 1Sen Inhofe .pdf (94.6 KBs)
- NEIMA Letter of Support 042016 BSU.pdf (47.4 KBs)
- urenco.pdf (318.7 KBs)
- 4-20-16 TAE letter re NEIMA S 2795 FINAL.pdf (45.9 KBs)
- ANS NEIMA support letter .pdf (219.8 KBs)
- Nuclear Innovation Act Support Letter FINAL MIT Programs.pdf (91.1 KBs)
- Whyte_MIT_Support_NEIMA_April_2016.pdf (349.0 KBs)
- Letter of Support S 2795 Ray Rothrock.pdf (206.0 KBs)
- CATFLetterofSupportS2795April222016.pdf (104.8 KBs)
- NE faculty to EPW 04.19.16-signed Berkeley.pdf (461.1 KBs)
- Exelon S 2795 Support (002).pdf (83.3 KBs)
- GEH Letter in Support of NIEMA .pdf (51.5 KBs)
- NuScale Power - 041516 JLH.pdf (98.2 KBs)
- Gilgenbach-UM-NEIMA16a.pdf (58.6 KBs)
- NEIMA Letter of Support to Senator Crapo.pdf (939.9 KBs)
- Southern Nuclear NEIMA Letter (May 2016).pdf (23.8 KBs)