IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1395 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is unacceptable 

that the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation are 

outpacing the United States in expanding nuclear energy production 

and global nuclear market share. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. WILLIAMS of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

it is unacceptable that the People’s Republic of China 

and the Russian Federation are outpacing the United 

States in expanding nuclear energy production and global 

nuclear market share. 

Whereas, on December 15, 1991, the People’s Republic of 

China connected the country’s first nuclear reactor to the 

power grid; 

Whereas, as of June 26, 2024, the People’s Republic of 

China has built and connected 56 nuclear reactors to the 

power grid; 


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•HRES 1395 IH 

Whereas, on June 26, 1954, the Soviet Union connected the 

country’s first nuclear reactor to the power grid, which 

was the first nuclear power plant in the world to produce 

electricity; 

Whereas, as of June 26, 2024, the Soviet Union and the 

Russian Federation have built and connected 36 nuclear 

reactors to the power grid; 

Whereas, on December 20, 1951, the United States connected the country’s first nuclear reactor to the power 

grid; 

Whereas, as of June 26, 2024, the United States has built 

94 nuclear reactors that are currently connected to the 

power grid, in addition to the 37 nuclear reactors that 

were previously built and connected to the power grid but 

have ceased operation; 

Whereas, according to the World Nuclear Association, as of 

June 27, 2024,— 

(1) the People’s Republic of China is currently constructing 27 nuclear reactors totaling 28,971 MWe gross, 

plans on constructing 41 nuclear reactors totaling 44,660 

MWe gross, and has proposed the construction of 158 

nuclear reactors totaling 186,450 MWe gross; 

(2) the Russian Federation is currently constructing 

4 nuclear reactors totaling 3,702 MWe gross, plans on 

constructing 14 nuclear reactors totaling 8,930 MWe 

gross, and has proposed the construction 36 nuclear reactors totaling 37,716 MWe gross; and 

(3) the United States is currently constructing 0 nuclear reactors, plans on constructing 0 nuclear reactors, 

and has proposed the construction of 13 nuclear reactors 

totaling 10,500 MWe gross; 


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Whereas nearly 70 percent of all nuclear reactors under construction today are Russian or Chinese designs; 

Whereas nuclear reactors in the People’s Republic of China 

and the Russian Federation have been generally licensed 

and constructed in a more expeditious fashion than nuclear reactors in the United States; 

Whereas the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 

Federation seek global nuclear energy dominance; 

Whereas the Russian Federation currently controls nearly 2⁄3

of global nuclear reactor export projects; 

Whereas the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 

Federation undercut the United States nuclear export potential by offering preferential financing terms fully 

backed by state governments, among other governmentto-government concessions, which are more attractive and 

tough to turn down; 

Whereas Russia’s state-owned nuclear enterprise, Rosatom, 

has publicly reported that it is currently engaged with 

more than 50 countries for over $200,000,000,000 worth 

of nuclear-related orders; 

Whereas Chinese officials have set a goal of selling 30 nuclear reactors overseas to Belt and Road partner countries by 2030; 

Whereas the United States was previously the dominant global supplier of civil nuclear technologies; 

Whereas the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 

Federation control a greater percentage of global uranium production than the United States; 

Whereas 46 percent of global uranium enrichment capacity is 

located in the Russian Federation; 


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Whereas 10 percent of global uranium enrichment capacity is 

located in the People’s Republic of China; 

Whereas 8 percent of global uranium enrichment capacity is 

located in the United States; 

Whereas the People’s Republic of China is several years 

ahead of the United States in terms of its ability to deploy fourth-generation nuclear reactors at scale; 

Whereas, in December 2023, the People’s Republic of China 

commenced operation of the world’s first fourth-generation nuclear power plant; 

Whereas the People’s Republic of China has nearly tripled its 

nuclear capacity over the past 10 years, while it took the 

United States nearly 40 years to add approximately the 

same nuclear capacity that China added over the last 

decade; 

Whereas, as of May 2024, the Russian Federation operates 

the only floating nuclear power plant in the world, specifically to provide heat and power to an Arctic port 

town; 

Whereas, as of May 2024, the People’s Republic of China has 

multiple floating nuclear power plants under construction, specifically to provide electricity to remote islands 

and power oil rigs off the coast of China; 

Whereas the United States previously deployed the world’s 

first floating nuclear power station, which began operation in January 1967 and operated until 1976, however 

the United States currently has zero operational floating 

nuclear power plants and zero under construction; and 

Whereas the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 

Federation are outpacing the United States in expanding 


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nuclear energy production and global nuclear market 

share: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) deems it to be unacceptable that the United 

3 States is no longer the world’s dominant nuclear en4 ergy player; 

5 (2) recognizes the real threat to United States 

6 global nuclear influence stemming from the ambi7 tions of the People’s Republic of China and the Rus8 sian Federation to be the global nuclear energy lead9 er; 

10 (3) encourages the United States to promptly 

11 expand the United States domestic nuclear fuel sup12 ply chain to eliminate foreign adversarial depend13 ence; 

14 (4) recommends that the United States take ap15 propriate actions, as quickly as possible, to increase 

16 the number of new nuclear reactors domestically; 

17 (5) acknowledges nuclear energy as an impor18 tant tool to foster United States influence and soft 

19 power throughout the world; and 

20 (6) urges the United States to take immediate 

21 action to secure global nuclear energy leadership. 

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