H.R. 8611 · 117th Congress
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
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National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
What it does: CRS summary · 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: 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.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 29, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.