Your representative is a member of the House Energy & Commerce
Committee, which will soon be voting on a bill to reform the approval of
U.S. civilian nuclear exports.
This is important legislation. Currently, U.S. nuclear suppliers are
facing intense competition from state-owned enterprises in countries
like Russia and China. They need a streamlined export approval process
that distinguishes between sensitive technologies like enrichment and
reprocessing and basic, LWR-based systems which are widely available in
the global marketplace.
Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) recently introduced the Advancing U.S.
Civil Nuclear Competitiveness and Jobs Act. His bill allows the
Secretary of Energy to delegate approval to technical experts and
creates expedited procedures to export low-proliferation-risk reactor
technologies.
The U.S. risks ceding its nuclear leadership and influence on security
and safety around the world, and erosion of our supply chain here at
home, if we can't compete on international nuclear projects in a timely
fashion.
As a nuclear expert and constituent,
we urge you to contact your representative and ask them to support American competitiveness in civil nuclear exports.
Sincerely,
Craig Piercy
ANS Washington Representative
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