Dana Rohrabacher: “I rise today in support of H.R. 5866. Nuclear power has been a cornerstone of American domestic energy policy for…”

“I rise today in support of H.R. 5866. Nuclear power has been a cornerstone of American domestic energy policy for decades, and it could have had a greater positive impact had we not succumbed to irrational attacks by environmental radicals who seem to oppose any type of energy. They ended up costing us hundreds of billions of dollars for imports that we otherwise would not have needed. We now, however, have a tremendous opportunity to use the latest nuclear technology developments to produce safe, clean, cost-effective energy for our country and for the world. This bill updates America's nuclear energy research and funds those technologies that show the greatest possibilities. We are on the cusp of a new era, a new era of nuclear energy. Small modular reactors will provide safe, cost-effective electricity without the significant risks evident in the current, large-scale reactor system. The next generation of reactors will be using as fuel the waste of today's reactors. Thus America's waste storage needs will be drastically cut.”