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CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, has joined ENR Chairman Joe Manchin, (D-West Va.), and Sen. Jim Risch, …
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CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, has joined ENR Chairman Joe Manchin, (D-West Va.), and Sen. Jim Risch, (R-Idaho), in introducing the Nuclear Fuel Security Act.
The bill is designed to ensure a domestic supply of nuclear fuel for America’s existing and advanced reactors. It is nearly identical to the Fission for the Future Act that passed the Senate by voice vote in December 2022.
“It’s time for America to ramp up uranium production so we can eliminate our dependence on Russia,” Barrasso said in a news release. “We are stronger and safer as a nation when our nuclear fuel supply chain starts at home.”
The Nuclear Fuel Security Act directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to increase U.S. commercial production of low-enriched uranium needed for existing nuclear reactors and high-assay, low-enriched uranium needed for advanced nuclear reactors.
