Nuclear is Clean
- Successfully promotes public policies that advance the nuclear industry
Prioritization of Nuclear Energy
- Established strategies to advance Virginia’s nuclear industry
- SB 549 & HB 1303 Nuclear energy; strategic plan for the overall goal of carbon-free energy – enacted 2020
- Developed and submitted Virginia is Nuclear Strategic Plan to the Commonwealth
- Positioned VNEC as a key nuclear policy advocate in Virginia
- Provided recommendations for the Governor’s 2019 Virginia Energy Plan in coordination with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority
- Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Working Group (HB 894)
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A stakeholder work group to identify strategies and any needed public policies, including statutory or regulatory changes, for promoting the development of advanced small modular reactors in the Commonwealth.
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Infrastructure and Research & development
- Advanced public policy resolutions in support of nuclear R&D
- SJ 60 Nuclear energy; advancement of nuclear energy research & exploration of economic opportunities – passed 2020
- Secured funding from the general fund for the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority as a one-time planning grant to develop a nuclear research and innovation hub in Virginia – 2021
- Secured funding for nuclear research from the Virginia Legislature in 2017
- Proactive coordination with state and federal officials advocating for more federal research investment and manufacturing dollars in Virginia.
- Supported nuclear research opportunities for Virginia universities
Workforce and education
- Hosted Statewide Energy Workforce Pathways Conference jointly with VA Community College System, Department of Education and Virginia Energy Workforce Consortium on March 3, 2017
- Advocacy for passage of legislation to create a 17th Career Cluster for energy education
- Passed and signed into law by Governor Northam on March 12, 2019
- Active participation with the Virginia Energy Workforce Consortium (VEWC).
- Organize an annual “Day on the Hill” in Richmond for nuclear engineering students