SENATE LEADS THE CHARGE ON FY2025 BUDGET
With a looming March 14 deadline on the continuing resolution (CR; HR10545) extending fiscal year (FY) 2024 funding, Congress is eager to put together a plan to push
through the FY2025 budget. House Republicans, in effort led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), aimed to roll out the details of a large, one-bill budget resolution last week, ahead of a scheduled committee mark-up this week. However, with the House negotiations taking longer than expected, the Senate is stepping up to lead the charge on passing the budget. Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced last Friday (February 7) that his panel will meet Wednesday, February 12, and Thursday, February 13, to debate and vote on his proposed budget resolution. This first bill will pave the way for passing a second bill focused exclusively on the border, defense and energy. The bill would authorize $85.5 billion in spending per year — fully offset by spending cuts. Items relevant to ECA members include instructions to the Armed Services Committee to propose $150 billion in spending, and to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources and Environment and Public Works committees to each find ways to cut $1 billion over 10 years from programs they are responsible for. ECA will keep you updated on the budget as the situation develops. To track details on the budget fight yourself, see Politico's live updates on the matter. For more information on the Budget process, visit ECA’s website.
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- Understanding Economic Development Opportunities for New Nuclear
- Growing the Nuclear Power Market
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- Taking a Regional
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TRACK STATE ACTIONS ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR WITH NARUC-NASEO
NARUC | December 2024 The Advanced Nuclear State Action tracker provides an overview of state activities that may impact states' advanced nuclear efforts (advanced nuclear is defined as Gen III+ and Gen IV technologies). This tracker
focuses on highlighting advanced nuclear activities and partnerships involving state government entities (i.e., State Public Utility Commissions, State Energy Offices, state legislatures, and Governor's Offices). The Advanced Nuclear State Action Tracker covers state actions related to advanced nuclear from 2013 - present, and will include relevant Executive Orders, Policies and Programs, and state legislation that has passed into law. This tracker will be updated on a monthly basis. If you would like to suggest an addition or a change to the map, please complete the following form. Please note that the tracker is not intended to be inclusive of all activities in the advanced nuclear space, such as those led by the private sector
or local or international governments.
PRESS RELEASE: HEINRICH, LEE ANNOUNCE SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 119TH CONGRESS
For Immediate Release February 11, 2025 Contact: Caty Payette WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D- N.M.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ranking
Member and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced the subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. The subcommittee assignments were unanimously approved following deliberation during this morning’s business meeting. “On this Committee, we will tackle key issues to bring energy costs down, create high-quality jobs, safeguard America’s public lands, and slow the effects of climate
change,” said Ranking Member Heinrich. “The work we do here impacts the lives of every American and we must deliver for them. I look forward to working with Democratic and Republican leaders and members of each subcommittee on these important issues.” “The subcommittee assignments announced today will help this committee deliver collaborative and innovative solutions to our nation’s
most pressing issues. I look forward to working with Ranking Member Heinrich and our subcommittee leaders to move thorough and in-depth policies to better American communities,” said Chairman Lee. Subcommittee assignments are below: SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY Dave McCormick, Chair John Barrasso James Risch Tom Cotton Jim Justice Bill Cassidy Cindy Hyde-Smith John Hoeven Ruben Gallego, Ranking Member Ron Wyden Mazie K. Hirono Angus S. King, Jr. Catherine Cortez Masto John W. Hickenlooper Alex Padilla SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS Steve Daines, Chair John Barrasso Bill Cassidy Lisa Murkowski Angus S. King, Jr., Ranking Member Mazie K.
Hirono Ruben Gallego SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MINING John Barrasso, Chair James Risch Steve
Daines Tom Cotton Jim Justice Cindy Hyde-Smith Lisa Murkowski Catherine Cortez Masto, Ranking Member Ron Wyden Mazie K. Hirono Angus S. King, Jr. John W. Hickenlooper Alex Padilla SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER John Hoeven, Chair James Risch Steve Daines Dave McCormick Jim
Justice Bill Cassidy Ron Wyden, Ranking Member Catherine Cortez Masto John W. Hickenlooper Alex Padilla Ruben Gallego
WHAT YOU'VE MISSED: New Initiative Aims to Propel Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects Across Multiple States The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) launched the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative (Initiative) today. The Initiative, directed by State Energy
Offices, is led by the state co-chairs New York, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Wyoming, and the participating states Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia. Read the full story East Tennessee leads in U.S. effort to revive Cold War uranium capabilities The
U.S. government is working to select possible locations for uranium enrichment plants for national defense, much like the search that created Oak Ridge as the first production site for the Manhattan Project in 1942. The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop and test a new centrifuge technology that could enrich "unobligated" uranium, which is not bound by peaceful use restrictions. NUKEM and UNS dismantle final RPV at Sweden’s Oskarshamn Germany’s NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH, in
partnership with Uniper Nuclear Services GmbH (UNS), has successfully completed the dismantling of the fourth and final reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden. The work was done as part of the UNNU Consortium, which since 2020 has been dismantling Sweden’s four RPVs—two at the Oskarshamn site and two at the Barsebäck nuclear plant site.
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Gone Fission Nuclear Report - New ORANO Plant Boosts Nuclear Growth December 09, 2024 | S4 E20 It’s being called the largest investment in the history of the State of Tennessee. Orano USA has announced plans to build a new multi-billion dollar, state-of-the-art centrifuge uranium enrichment plant in Oak Ridge. The facility will provide fuel for America’s nuclear power plants and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign sources. In this
week’s episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report, host Michael Butler discusses this exciting project with Orano USA President Jean-Luc Palayer. www.gonefissionpodcast.com NucleCast - Beth Rafferty - Building the Next Generation of Submarines Feb. 11, 2025 | S02 E205 Beth Rafferty, Vice President of Supply Chain and Logistics at Electric Boat, talks about the complexities of submarine construction and the challenges facing the industrial base. They discuss the current state of the submarine industrial base, the need for skilled labor, the impact of COVID-19 on supply chains, and the future of submarine
production. https://rss.com/podcasts/nuclecast-podcast/
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