S. 2812: Nuclear Power 2021 Act
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S. 2812: Nuclear Power 2021 Act
111th Congress · introduced 2009-11-20 · Energy · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-11-20 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Nuclear Power 2021 Act
Plain summary
Nuclear Power 2021 Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to implement, through cooperative agreements with private sector partners, programs to: (1) develop a standard design for each of two small modular reactors, at least one of which has a rated capacity of not more than 50 electrical megawatts; (2) obtain a design certification from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for each of the designs by January 1, 2018; and (3) demonstrate the licensing of small modular reactors by developing applications for a combined license for each of the designs so certified, and obtaining a combined license from the NRC for each of the certified designs by January 1, 2021. Requires the Secretary to select proposals for such cooperative agreements through the use of competitive procedures and an impartial review of their scientific and technical merit.
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Official text
Nuclear Power 2021 Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · 6 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2812, Nuclear Power 2021 Act (2010-09-14); CBO cost estimate: S. 2812, Nuclear Power 2021 Act (2010-09-14)
Cosponsors on this site
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), James E. Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s2812.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s2812 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111