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H.R. 1009 · 118th Congress

National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 118th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 14, 2023

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 can work with other federal agencies to 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 (Feb 24, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.

Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 14, 2023

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.