3.0.0 4242 2023-08-09T15:15:26Z 2023-08-09T15:15:26Z Senate S 2022-05-18 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-05-18T16:30:39Z 2022-05-18 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2022-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL N M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2022-05-18 True Energy Alabama Asia China Congressional oversight Electric power generation and transmission Energy research Government buildings, facilities, and property Medical research Military facilities and property Military procurement, research, weapons development Nuclear power Public utilities and utility rates Public-private cooperation Radiation Radioactive wastes and releases Research administration and funding Tennessee Energy 00 2022-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-09T15:01:58Z Thorium Energy Security Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Energy and other relevant agencies to preserve uncontaminated inventories of uranium-233 to foster the development of thorium-based nuclear reactors. The bill also makes funding available for transferring inventories to interim or permanent storage facilities.

Additionally, the bill requires various reports, including on the progress China has made in developing thorium-based reactors.

]]> Thorium Energy Security Act of 2022 Display Title Thorium Energy Security Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Thorium Energy Security Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the preservation and storage of uranium-233 to foster development of thorium molten-salt reactors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4242is/xml/BILLS-117s4242is.xml 2022-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.