Key Issues

S. 1067, Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2011, to "amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relating to nuclear reactors"

S. 512, Nuclear Power 2021 Act, to "amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor designs, and for other purposes."

H.R. 1808, Nuclear Power 2021 Act, to "amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor designs, and for other purposes."

June 7, 2011
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee:  Hearing to receive testimony on S. 512, the Nuclear Power 2021 Act; S. 937, the American Alternative Fuels Act of 2011; and S. 1067, the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2011.

Chairman Jeff Bingaman's opening statement
Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski's opening statement
Witness Testimony
NEI Statement for the Record

July 14, 2011
Senate Appropriations Committee - Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development:  Hearing on Light Water Small Modular Reactors

Chairman's Statement & Witness Testimony
NEI Statement for the Record