Mitch Landrieu: “This amendment by Senator Domenici, Senator Craig, and myself says will contribute to the strengthening of this bill. It…”

“This amendment by Senator Domenici, Senator Craig, and myself says will contribute to the strengthening of this bill. It says that as we develop our nuclear reactors in the future, they will be designed with new technologies that look very promising, not only to make our nuclear industry more powerful and more effective, but also to create the opportunity to produce hydrogen which can help us in meeting our energy needs. I will explain for the record why this is so important. As most Members know, nuclear energy now provides one-fifth of all the electric power used in this country. I do not think that is clear to everyone in the United States. Some people think we have shut our nuclear industry down or that we have shut our nuclear powerplants down. That is not true. The truth is, 20 percent of the power we use in this Nation is generated by nuclear energy. Nuclear power produces energy without compromising air quality and without dangerous reliance on fuel exports from politically unstable regions of the world.”