{"id":38707,"date":"2023-09-01T16:47:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38707"},"modified":"2024-11-12T20:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:00:51","slug":"38707-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/?news=38707-2","title":{"rendered":"Senate appropriators push strong clean energy plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<center>\n            <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\" id=\"bodyTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;height: 100%;margin: 0;padding: 0;width: 100%;background-color: #FAFAFA;\">\n                <tr>\n                    <td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" id=\"bodyCell\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 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'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-7821d80c-c232-1247-a4a0-51e21e5d31f3\">Welcome to your Friday Rundown for the week ending May 25. Feedback is always&nbsp;welcome at <a href=\"http:\/\/info@saperemarketing.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">info@clearpathaction.org<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/static.clearpathaction.org\/2018\/05\/senate-appropriators-push-strong-clean-energy-plan.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/6c63a530-9c55-43f1-ae39-c168e16fb0be.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/680;max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">SENATE APPROPRIATORS PUSH STRONG CLEAN ENERGY PLAN&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/h1>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">The Senate<\/span> Appropriations Committee approved a FY19 spending bill coupling critical eagle-eyed investments in carbon capture, advanced nuclear and energy storage with record funding for the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Science.<br>\n&nbsp;\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">Among the highlights:<\/span><\/h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">Directs DOE to pursue a <a href=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/jay-and-richs-take\/richs-take-why-we-need-moonshot-clean-energy-tech-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">&#8220;moonshot&#8221; goal<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;f<\/span>or demonstrating energy storage technologies with the private sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">$30 million is provided for Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) assistance for two commercial-scale carbon capture power projects to retrofit an existing coal plant and for a coal or natural gas plant that generates CO2 suitable for utilization or storage <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">Aggressive funding and programmatic direction for nuclear energy research, development and demonstration including:<\/span>\n\n\t<ul style=\"list-style-type:circle;\">\n\t\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">Support for existing light-water reactors and more advanced reactor technologies <\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">$30 million for a transformational challenge reactor to work on new methods of reactor design, manufacturing, licensing and operation<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">$15 million for a new versatile test reactor, building off the initial resources provided in the recently-enacted FY18 omnibus. The VTR is a national lab facility critical to the private advanced nuclear development<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">$10 million toward designing and building a demonstration facility to turn spent naval spent nuclear fuel into high assay low enrichment uranium, which currently has no domestic commercial supply and is vital to fueling advanced reactors<\/span><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">$41 million for grid-scale energy storage research, development and demonstration, which can secure better peak demand usage of intermittent renewable and constant-running nuclear power<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6d380f46-9377-df48-273f-a76f24cdb880\">$375 million for DOE\u2019s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a highly-successful effort for boosting private activity and research projects outside of typical programs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr>&nbsp;\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ae25d5c7-9387-4300-11c5-570508ef966d\">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he plans to turn to spending bills on the floor in June. The Energy and Water and Agriculture spending bills are the first two out of the committee gate.<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ae25d5c7-9387-4300-11c5-570508ef966d\">House leaders when lawmakers return from the weeklong Memorial Day recess in June are tentatively planning to take up a package of FY19 spending bills that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/static.clearpathaction.org\/2018\/05\/HOUSE-APPROPRIATORS-SPUR-CLEAN-ENERGY-DIRECTION.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">a sweeping set of resources and program direction<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>to DOE. The House Rules Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/rules.house.gov\/news\/announcement\/amendment-process-announcement-hr-5895\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">is likely to meet the week of June 4<\/span><\/strong><\/a> on the package.<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    \n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/9693815d-bcd6-41d5-b0d2-51b00cbdfdcf.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/600;max-width: 800px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    \n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">NUCLEAR RECOGNIZED AS GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY TOOL&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5e7f5d59-938c-f105-addc-a21abdc0cf95\">Nuclear power was officially recognized as the workhorse of the global clean energy sector with the launch of the Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy (NICE) Future initiative at this week\u2019s 9th annual Clean Energy Ministerial in Copenhagen.<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5e7f5d59-938c-f105-addc-a21abdc0cf95\">The initiative &#8211; led by the U.S. Department of Energy and the governments of Japan and Canada &#8211; was kicked off at an official side event at the ministerial with Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, senior representatives from the Canadian government, International Energy Agency, Idaho National Lab and Nuclear Energy Agency, ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell and others. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5e7f5d59-938c-f105-addc-a21abdc0cf95\">\u201cIf the world is serious about reducing emissions and growing economies, then the ministerial must consider all options when it comes to carbon-free power, including clean, reliable nuclear energy,\u201d Brouillette <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/ne\/articles\/it-s-time-world-recognize-nuclear-clean-energy-source\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">argued in a blog post<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>ahead of the ministerial.<br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5e7f5d59-938c-f105-addc-a21abdc0cf95\">DOE has set up an initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/ne\/nuclear-innovation-clean-energy-future\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">host page<\/span><\/strong><\/a> for the NICE Future effort, including featuring Rich\u2019s video explaining that the virtues of the current nuclear fleet &#8211; namely its carbon-free power and 24\/7 reliability &#8211; must be coupled with new technologies that make it smaller and highly scalable for use in cities and remote areas and allow for high-temperature use to decarbonize heavy industrial processes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/jay-and-richs-take\/nuclear-the-global-clean-energy-workhorse\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH RICH&#8217;S VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-nuclear\/us-and-partners-form-international-alliance-to-push-nuclear-power-idUSKCN1IP1PO\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">RELATED READ: U.S. Partners Form Global Nuclear Power Alliance &#8211; REUTERS<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    \n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/c6687edf-8e97-4f56-8137-64cbf8a2fb59.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/680;max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    \n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">NEW GLOBAL CARBON CAPTURE INITIATIVE ALSO LAUNCHED&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-18f6016c-938f-2925-cdf9-e41d915546be\">The U.S., Norway and Saudi Arabia also launched a new initiative at the ministerial to advance global collaboration of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies. They and other partners &#8211; including China, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the European Commission &#8211; will try to strengthen a framework for building collaboration between the public and private sectors. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-18f6016c-938f-2925-cdf9-e41d915546be\">\u201cGreater investments will be needed <\/span>worldwide in order to fully develop and deploy CCUS as a truly effective means of lowering emissions from industrial processes and coal- and gas-fired power generation plants,\u201d Brouillette <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/role-carbon-capture-utilization-and-storage-forming-low-carbon-economy\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">wrote in a blog<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;ahead of the ministerial.<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/jay-and-richs-take\/nuclear-the-global-clean-energy-workhorse\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/3a3d1843-2ba7-4fb8-ab14-1fb93e674039.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/680;max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">SENATE EPW APPROVES &#8220;USE IT&#8221; CARBON CAPTURE BILL<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-655ce204-9392-2a18-3014-dc197005c009\">The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/static.clearpathaction.org\/2018\/05\/senate-epw-backs-use-it-carbon-capture-bill.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">unanimously approved the bipartisan USE IT Act<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, which would support carbon capture technologies through public-private partnerships, carbon dioxide pipeline and other infrastructure improvements and R&amp;D. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-655ce204-9392-2a18-3014-dc197005c009\">The bill is led by EPW Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), who also spearheaded passage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearpathaction.org\/legislation\/carbon-capture-act-h-r-3761-future-act-s-1535\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">FUTURE Act (S. 1535)<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, which extended and expanded the Section 45Q carbon capture incentive as part of February\u2019s budget deal. &nbsp;<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-655ce204-9392-2a18-3014-dc197005c009\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/senate-bill\/2602\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">S. 2602<\/span><\/strong><\/a> directs EPA to use existing authority to support research for carbon capture and utilization and direct air capture. It also clarifies that carbon capture projects and carbon dioxide pipelines are eligible for expedited permitting reviews; directs the White House Council on Environmental Quality to establish guidance to assist project developers and operators of carbon capture facilities and CO2 pipelines; and establishes task forces to hear input for updating and improving guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;\n<hr><\/div>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    \n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/dc86ddf6-cf45-41c8-971d-efbbe354dd2b.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; 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Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to require the secretary of energy to report on key components of a pilot program to site, construct and operate \u201cmicro reactors\u201d at critical Defense Department or Energy Department national security facilities. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-f730dd29-9397-0db8-fd96-5ef771918ec2\">ClearPath Action advisor and former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner Jeff Merrifield praised the proposal at a May 22 House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/hearings\/doe-modernization-legislation-addressing-development-regulation-and-competitiveness-of-advanced-nuclear-energy-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">hearing<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/IF\/IF03\/20180522\/108339\/BILLS-115pih-AdvancedNuclearFuelAvailabilityAct.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">a draft bill<\/span><\/strong><\/a> from Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) to direct DOE to establish a program supporting availability of high assay low enriched uranium (HA-LEU) via public-private partnerships to address regulatory and market challenges. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-f730dd29-9397-0db8-fd96-5ef771918ec2\">Merrifield cited <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.clearpath.org\/2018\/02\/34e01aa863572d11e2a89b592dcbfb56-NIC-Clearpath-High-Assay-WP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">a recent white paper<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>that urged lawmakers, policymakers and the NRC to take prompt steps to ensure adequate supply of HA-LEU or risk continued progress in deploying the next generation of U.S. nuclear power.<br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-f730dd29-9397-0db8-fd96-5ef771918ec2\">DOE nuclear chief Ed McGinnis said the Trump administration is beginning to address the \u201cfinite and diminishing domestic supply\u201d of HA-LEU, including working with industry on refining future material and other needs, determining how to allow the transporting of commercial-scale fuel needs and reviewing options for near-term R&amp;D.<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-f730dd29-9397-0db8-fd96-5ef771918ec2\">Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton said he intended to act on the four bills showcased at the hearing, including the bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/clearpathaction.org\/legislation\/nuclear-utilization-of-keynote-energy-nuke-act-h-r-1320\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">NUKE Act (H.R. 1320)<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>from Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) that Merrifield said is a \u201ccommonsense step\u201d to making further improvements at rightsizing NRC\u2019s workforce and budget.<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">NEWS NUGGETS<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\"><span id=\"m_7877727287818129152gmail-docs-internal-guid-79e7d733-9739-4507-be93-74b581e280a1\">The Senate Thursday gave the NRC a much-needed full roster of five commissioners by confirming Annie Caputo, a senior advisor to EPW Chairman Barrasso, and fellow Republican nominee David Wright. Democrat Jeff Baran was also confirmed for another term, which will run through June 2023. Wright and Caputo&#8217;s terms will expire in June 2020 and June 2021, respectively.<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span>DOE announced up to $3.5 million for hydrogen production R&amp;D that is compatible with nuclear energy sources, which could further help to integrate nuclear production with other industrial processes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/articles\/energy-department-announces-35m-nuclear-compatible-hydrogen-production\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">DETAILS<\/span><\/strong><\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3ef2e20a-93a2-aef1-766a-c4cee903769c\">The expansion of the Section 45Q incentive will go far in spurring carbon capture technologies, <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/58ec123cb3db2bd94e057628\/t\/5b04b6776d2a736439f77d0a\/1527035515528\/45Q_Report_EFI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">according to a new report<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>from former Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz\u2019s Energy Futures Initiative. The report \u201cidentifies gaps that may limit deployment, and discusses the comprehensive measures that could maximize opportunity, which includes encouraging more robust investment and innovation,&#8221; said Julio Friedmann, former DOE fossil fuel chief and lead author of the report.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 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