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sterilized billions of pieces of medical equipment in hos-
pitals on the front lines of the pandemic; 
Whereas nuclear radiation is used to treat food and kill bac-
teria, insects, and parasites that cause illness; 
Whereas the Armed Forces have intentions to utilize ad-
vanced nuclear reactors at United States military bases, 
both domestically and internationally, because of ad-
vanced nuclear reactor’s ability to generate clean elec-
tricity consistently and reliably in locations that experi-
ence severe weather patterns; 
Whereas the Armed Forces are currently using diesel for gen-
erators in these remote locations to provide electricity, 
such as in Alaska, which require refueling approximately 
every 72 hours; 
Whereas, since 1954, the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program 
has maintained and operated more than 100 naval nu-
clear reactors, serviced and supplied by thousands of 
American workers, to power United States aircraft car-
riers, submarines, and other military vessels; 
Whereas advanced nuclear propulsion provides an alternative 
clean energy source to power commercial ships to cut 
emissions and remove the costly refueling infrastructure 
needs for liquid-based energy carriers; 
Whereas floating nuclear barges are being designed and de-
veloped to supply energy to remote locations and areas 
impacted by a natural disaster; 
Whereas the advantages of using advanced nuclear propulsion 
include long intervals between refueling, faster transit 
speeds, production of heat or cooling for cargo, reduced 
draft allowing increased cargo capacity, eliminating the 
need to transport huge quantities of engine fuel, and re-
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ducing the probability of environmental damage from fuel 
leakages; 
Whereas nuclear thermal propulsion and nuclear electric pro-
pulsion vehicles are to be made at one-third to one-half 
the size of comparable chemical propulsion vehicles, 
which would increase travel speeds and cut costs of space 
missions; 
Whereas nuclear thermal propulsion can be used to transport 
astronauts and cargo to Mars in 4 to 5 months, rapidly 
decreasing long term radiation exposure in space, as op-
posed to 7 to 9 months using traditional chemical fuels; 
Whereas the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA) and private companies are creating technologies 
that use advanced nuclear radioisotopes to channel heat 
into electricity, even in temperatures below -280o F on 
the lunar surface, for both manned and unmanned mis-
sions to Earth’s satellites, the Earth’s Moon, Mars, and 
deep space; 
Whereas NASA and the Department of Defense have pro-
grams in place to put a lunar nuclear reactor on the 
moon in the early 2030s to supply electricity for Artemis 
missions, since the lunar night is roughly 14 days and 
solar panels would not be able to generate power from 
the sun and energy storage is too large and costly; 
Whereas advanced lunar nuclear reactors can be used for fu-
ture space missions to Mars, since Mars has dust storms 
that cover solar panels, rendering them useless, which re-
cently led to the shut down of NASA’s Insight Mission 
after only 4 years; 
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Whereas nuclear energy may be used to desalinate highly 
salty waters and industrial wastewater to ultimately 
produce multiuse potable water; 
Whereas nuclear energy has the potential to cleanly power 
large-scale hydrogen production facilities and utilize di-
rect heat from the nuclear reactor to assist with the hy-
drogen production process; 
Whereas advanced nuclear reactors offer the possibility of a 
clean source of energy to power energy intensive mining 
operations that are typically powered by diesel genera-
tors; 
Whereas advanced nuclear reactors can be coupled with other 
renewable sources of energy, such as wind and solar, to 
power electric railroads and electric vehicle charging sta-
tions; 
Whereas advanced nuclear reactors can produce clean, con-
sistent, and reliable energy to power data centers which 
typically require large amounts of energy; and 
Whereas the future of cryptocurrency mining, which requires 
extensive energy output, will greatly benefit from utilizing 
a noncarbon-emitting, stable, and cost-competitive nu-
clear power source: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that, in order to meet the growing energy de-
mands of the United States in a domestically favorable 
fashion and to promote American nuclear energy leader-
ship while retaining the United States economic viability 
in the worldwide nuclear energy marketplace, it is nec-
essary to expand the use of nuclear energy by— 
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(1) embracing efforts to maintain the existing 
nuclear fleet and promoting efforts that seek to uti-
lize emerging innovative nuclear energy technologies, 
such as advanced nuclear reactors, to promote in-
creased energy output, improve public safety, more 
effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and al-
leviate the continuous challenge relating to storing 
spent nuclear fuel; 
(2) recognizing nuclear energy as one of the 
cleanest power sources in regard to greenhouse gas 
emissions, while simultaneously understanding nu-
clear energy’s capability of being coupled with other 
clean energy sources, and stressing the importance 
of nuclear energy being recognized on a level regu-
latory playing field that is similar to other clean en-
ergy generating sources; 
(3) supporting initiatives by the Department of 
Defense for the deployment of nuclear reactors to 
enhance energy resiliency and electricity assurance 
for critical military missions, systems, and assets in 
contested logistical environments where fuel supplies 
are targeted or denied; 
(4) addressing critical domestic gaps in the pro-
curement of nuclear reactor construction material, 
and resolving current barriers and obstacles that re-
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late to a domestic supply of nuclear fuel and other 
nuclear supply chain challenges; 
(5) encouraging sustainable domestic mining of 
uranium, in addition to increasing uranium enrich-
ment, fabrication, and deconversion capabilities in 
the United States to efficiently secure America’s en-
ergy independence and power United States nuclear 
reactors without the need to rely on other countries; 
(6) actively increasing public awareness sur-
rounding the safety of nuclear energy and continu-
ously combating false information relating to nuclear 
power, including nuclear energy’s negative connota-
tion in the United States which originates from the 
only 3 nuclear accidents in the history of the world, 
including the only event that took place in the 
United States in March of 1979 at Three Mile Is-
land Nuclear Generating Station Facility, in which 
no deaths or medical symptoms were directly tied to 
the nuclear incident; 
(7) streamlining the regulatory process, pro-
viding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the nec-
essary resources to effectuate positive change, and 
reducing the regulatory barriers that currently de-
rive from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s cau-
tious and traditionalistic approach to the licensing 
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