[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2015 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2015

To instruct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a study on the use of 
                    thorium-fueled nuclear reactors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2009

  Mr. Sestak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To instruct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a study on the use of 
                    thorium-fueled nuclear reactors.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDY.

    Not later than February 1, 2011, the Secretary of Energy shall 
transmit to the Congress a report showing the results of a study on the 
use of thorium-fueled nuclear reactors for national energy needs. Such 
report shall include a response to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency study entitled ``Thorium fuel cycle--Potential benefits and 
challenges'' (IAEA-TECDOC-1450).
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