3.0.0 3618 2023-01-11T13:21:43Z 2023-01-11T13:21:43Z Senate S S 2010-07-20 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-07-20T19:16:13Z 2010-07-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Alternative and renewable resources Building construction Business investment and capital Economic development Employment and training programs Energy research Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive agency funding and structure Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Income tax credits Income tax deductions Land transfers Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Nuclear power Personnel records Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying Public-private cooperation Radioactive wastes and releases Research and development Securities Tax-exempt organizations Energy 00 2010-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2010-09-24T21:19:50Z Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) nuclear energy shall be considered clean energy; (2) any provision of federal law relating to clean energy shall be considered to include nuclear energy as a form of clean energy; and (3) nuclear energy is a renewable-equivalent for purposes of a renewable energy standard.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create: (1) a five-year accelerated depreciation period for tangible property used in the manufacturing of an advanced nuclear power facility; (2) a nuclear power facility construction credit; (3) advanced energy project tax credits for nuclear power facilities; and (4) an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) nuclear certification credit.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to award a grant to each qualified public entity which places in service a qualified nuclear power facility in order to reimburse it for a portion of its nuclear power facility expenditures.

Amends the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to increase the funding for loan guarantee commitments under the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPA) to revise requirements for the loan guarantees.

Amends EPA to direct the Secretary of Energy to offer to enter into cooperative agreements to develop and license specified small modular reactors with a rated capacity under 350 electrical megawatts.

Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) modify licensing procedures; (2) direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to assume the availability of sufficient capacity to timely dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from the operation of the nuclear facility on a license application; and (3) prescribe environmental reviews for nuclear energy projects.

Authorizes appropriations for training the next generation nuclear workforce.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) the National Nuclear Energy Council; (2) the Energy Park Initiative; (3) the Advisory Committee on Energy Park Development; and (4) the N Prize Program.

Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish a tax-exempt United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation to assume federal responsibility for spent nuclear fuel management.

Establishes in the Treasury the United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation Fund.

]]> Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance Act Display Title Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to further enable a nuclear renaissance in the United States to improve energy security, reduce future pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, provide large, reliable sources of electricity, and create thousands of high-quality jobs for the citizens of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance Act Introduced in Senate 2010-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3618is/xml/BILLS-111s3618is.xml 2010-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.