AL HJR242

Urges the Governor and state agencies to respond to the U.S. Department of Energy's Request for Information to host a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus (NLIC) in Alabama by April 1, 2026, focusing on recycling spent nuclear fuel into liquid fuels for advanced reactors

Expresses legislative support for using spent nuclear fuel stored at Alabama's Browns Ferry and Joseph M. Farley nuclear plants as a future energy resource rather than disposing of it in a geologic repository

Recognizes Alabama A&M University's efforts to establish a Center for Nuclear Science and Engineering (CNSE) as a nuclear center of excellence specializing in liquid fuel reactor technologies

Notes that Alabama ratepayers have paid $1 per megawatt-hour into the federal Nuclear Waste Fund under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, though no federal permanent repository has been developed

Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the Governor, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Alabama's congressional delegation, and relevant legislative committees, with immediate effect upon passage