IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 441 
Recognizing the essential role of nuclear power in the national energy policy 
of the United States and supporting the increased use of nuclear power 
and the construction and development of new and improved nuclear 
power generating plants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2004 
Mr. KNOLLENBERG (for himself and Mr. SPRATT) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the essential role of nuclear power in the na-
tional energy policy of the United States and supporting 
the increased use of nuclear power and the construction 
and development of new and improved nuclear power 
generating plants. 
Whereas the Energy Information Administration in the De-
partment of Energy estimates that by 2025 the United 
States will need more than 300,000 megawatts of new 
electricity-generating capacity to maintain its current lev-
els of growth and standards of living; 
Whereas Vision 2020, the nuclear energy industry’s plan to 
increase the use of nuclear energy through the year 2020 
to meet the projected growth in the demand for elec-
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tricity, calls for maintaining the Nation’s nonemitting 
electricity generation at 30 percent, which would require 
50,000 megawatts of new nuclear power to be generated; 
Whereas meeting the increasing demand for continuous and 
reliable, or baseload, electricity is essential for supporting 
the economic growth which is necessary to maintain the 
Nation’s standard of living; 
Whereas even the aggressive implementation of energy-effi-
ciency initiatives cannot replace the need for new elec-
tricity-generating capacity; 
Whereas nuclear power generated by the 103 commercial nu-
clear power plants operating in the United States pro-
vides the electricity for 20 percent of the United States; 
Whereas consumers of nuclear power enjoy a higher level of 
price stability compared to consumers of other energy 
sources; 
Whereas nuclear power plants do not produce harmful emis-
sions or greenhouse gases and can provide States, and 
the Nation as a whole, with flexibility in meeting goals 
for clean air and economic growth at lower costs than 
other sources of power; 
Whereas increasing nuclear power generation will require de-
signing and building new plants as well as operating the 
new facilities, which together will create thousands of 
new jobs; 
Whereas the nuclear power industry, the Department of En-
ergy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are work-
ing together to demonstrate the effectiveness of a new li-
censing process for nuclear power plants, which allows 
full public participation in decisions about the designs
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and sites of new nuclear power plants without causing 
delays in construction or commercial operation; 
Whereas nuclear energy, science, and technology applications 
are vital in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, food 
and mail safety, space exploration, structural inspection, 
and other important applications; 
Whereas for decades, commercial nuclear power generating 
facilities have had an unmatched safety record; 
Whereas nuclear power plants in the United States use excess 
material from Russian weapons programs to generate 
power, which is a vital component of United States non-
proliferation policy; 
Whereas many countries intend to build new nuclear power 
plants, with 29 new plants currently under construction 
world-wide and more than twice that many being 
planned, and the United States must continue to play a 
leadership role both in domestic nuclear power production 
and in encouraging the use of nuclear power in other 
countries; and 
Whereas the United States continues to lead the world in the 
development, use, and control of nuclear technology: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the essential role of nuclear 
power in the national energy policy of the United 
States; and 
(2) supports the increased use of nuclear power 
and the construction and development of new and
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improved nuclear power generating plants as a 
means of contributing to national energy independ-
ence and maintaining a clean environment. 
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