ANS Nuclear Policy Wire July 14, 2020

House Energy and Water Bill Report Released for FY2021 Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee held its full Committee markup on the Energy and Water Development Bill. The final appropriations bill passed the Committee by a party line vote of 30-21. A time has not been scheduled for Floor consideration of the bill but it will likely be on the House floor sometime within the next week or two.   Several funding highlights in the FY2021 House Energy and Water Development Bill Include: No funding included for transformational challenge reactor No funding for establishment of uranium reserve No less than $10m for the low-dose radiation research program $40m for civil nuclear enrichment $30m for joint modeling and simulation $99m for accident tolerant fuels $34m for triso fuel and graphite qualification $62.5 for used nuclear fuel disposition R&D $25m for integrated waste management system $105m for advanced small modular reactor $47m light water reactor sustainability ($10m of which to support hydrogen demo projects) $65m versatile test reactor project $30m for national reactor innovation center $240m for ARDP program The complete Bill Report can be found HERE. A DOE Nuclear Energy funding table starts on page 155 of the PDF.

July 14, 2020