CT HB05336

Connecticut Council for Advancing Nuclear Energy Development must conduct a study on skilled labor demand in the advanced nuclear energy industry, covering technologies such as small modular reactors, microreactors, and reactors using molten salt, liquid metal, or high temperature gas cooling

Study recommendations may address methods to meet skilled trades worker needs, opportunities for state agency collaboration with federal agencies, higher education institutions, businesses, and nonprofits, and workforce development strategies

Progress report due to General Assembly commerce and energy committees by February 15, 2027

Full report with findings and recommendations due by February 1, 2028

Effective date: July 1, 2026