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) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, 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 con-
nected 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 con-
structing 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 reac-
tors totaling 37,716 MWe gross; and 
(3) the United States is currently constructing 0 nu-
clear 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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•HRES 1395 IH 
Whereas nearly 70 percent of all nuclear reactors under con-
struction 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 nu-
clear 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 po-
tential by offering preferential financing terms fully 
backed by state governments, among other government- 
to-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 nu-
clear reactors overseas to Belt and Road partner coun-
tries by 2030; 
Whereas the United States was previously the dominant glob-
al supplier of civil nuclear technologies; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 
Federation control a greater percentage of global ura-
nium production than the United States; 
Whereas 46 percent of global uranium enrichment capacity is 
located in the Russian Federation; 
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•HRES 1395 IH 
nuclear energy production and global nuclear market 
share: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) deems it to be unacceptable that the United 
States is no longer the world’s dominant nuclear en-
ergy player; 
(2) recognizes the real threat to United States 
global nuclear influence stemming from the ambi-
tions of the People’s Republic of China and the Rus-
sian Federation to be the global nuclear energy lead-
er; 
(3) encourages the United States to promptly 
expand the United States domestic nuclear fuel sup-
ply chain to eliminate foreign adversarial depend-
ence; 
(4) recommends that the United States take ap-
propriate actions, as quickly as possible, to increase 
the number of new nuclear reactors domestically; 
(5) acknowledges nuclear energy as an impor-
tant tool to foster United States influence and soft 
power throughout the world; and 
(6) urges the United States to take immediate 
action to secure global nuclear energy leadership. 
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