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Calendar No. 118
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 118-182
ACCELERATING DEPLOYMENT OF VERSATILE, ADVANCED
NUCLEAR FOR CLEAN ENERGY ACT OF 2023
JUNE 17, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Environment and
Public Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1111]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works to which was
referred the bill (S. 1111) to enhance United States civil nuclear
leadership, support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies,
strengthen the domestic nuclear energy fuel cycle and supply
chain, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommends
that the bill, as amended, do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
Preserving and expanding the nation's use of clean and reliable
nuclear energy is essential to advancing the energy and national
security interests of the United States and achieving our environ-
mental goals. Currently, America's 94 operating nuclear reactors
generate approximately one-fifth of our nation's electricity and
nearly half of our carbon-free energy.1 In addition, new nuclear re-
actors would provide reliable, diverse, and clean energy to support
our nation's electricity system. Thus, the United States must sup-
port both continued operation of existing reactors and deploy new
advanced reactors to ensure that nuclear generation maintains its
important role in America's energy portfolio.
Russia's war on Ukraine and China's aggressive nuclear buildout
highlight the importance of American leadership in providing en-
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