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MI SCR0009
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Urges the President and Congress to support policies establishing U.S. facilities for reprocessing and recycling spent nuclear fuel
- Notes the 2010 halt of the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada despite over $30 billion collected in the Nuclear Waste Fund from electric customers
- Highlights Argonne National Laboratory's pyrochemical processing method, which could extract 100 times more energy from uranium ore and reduce nuclear waste isolation time by approximately 1,000 times
- States Michigan has contributed over $800 million to the Nuclear Waste Fund since 1983 while the federal government has failed to provide permanent nuclear waste storage
- Requires transmission of the resolution to the President, congressional leadership, and Michigan's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to urge the President and Congress of the United States to explore and support policies that will lead to the establishment of facilities within the United States for the reprocessing and recycling of spent nuclear fuel.
Last Action
Referred To Secretary For Record
4/20/2017
Committee Referrals
Energy Policy3/9/2017
Energy And Technology2/23/2017
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