Lawmakers Seek Support to Speed Deployment of Nuclear Reactors

House Republicans Tuesday touted more than a dozen bills they are hoping to move through a key committee to avoid lengthy delays from nuclear regulatory licensing and speed deployment of next-generation nuclear reactors.

The bills, which include some measures either authored by Democrats or likely to gain bipartisan support, are focused on overcoming hurdles to the US nuclear power industry, including concerns of delays in the regulatory and licensing approval process overseen by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Other bills under the spotlight at a hearing before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee would authorize the Department of Energy to ...