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ND HCR3025

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/22/2017

Primary Sponsor

Tom Kading

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Origin

House of Representatives

65th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requests the Legislative Management study whether North Dakota could serve as an intermediary to provide fissile material from retiring intercontinental ballistic missiles for thorium energy production and research.

  • Authorizes North Dakota to act as an intermediary assisting private parties in obtaining federal permits for thorium.

  • Establishes that thorium requires fissile material startup material to initiate nuclear chain reactions in thermal neutron reactors for electricity generation.

  • Directs the Legislative Management to report findings, recommendations, and any required implementing legislation to the Sixty-sixth Legislative Assembly.

Legislative Description

A concurrent resolution requesting the Legislative Management to consider studying whether North Dakota could act as an intermediary to provide fissile material from retiring intercontinental ballistic missiles as startup material for thorium energy production or research for new alternatives for energy production and to act as an intermediary to assist private parties to obtain permits for thorium from the federal government.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to adopt yeas 46 nays 48

3/6/2017

Committee Referrals

Energy and Natural Resources2/22/2017

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