118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4678Provide Logistical Aid to airports via advanced Nuclear Energy Act

To direct the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish procedures for the deployment of microreactors at airports, and for other purposes.

Transportation and public works
Introduced Jul 17, 2023
Last action Jul 21, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and other agencies to establish procedures to deploy microreactors at airports. A microreactor is an advanced nuclear reactor, including a portable nuclear reactor, that has an electricity generating capacity of not more than 20 megawatts of electricity and not more than 100 megawatts of thermal energy. Specifically, deployment procedures must be established to respond to a primary power source disruption event stemming from a natural disaster. The FAA, the NRC, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Energy must collaborate to establish these procedures to deploy mic...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 6 actions
Jul 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
Jul 18, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jul 18, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jul 17, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 17, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jul 17, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.