"From both a national security and energy independence standpoint, America has everything to gain from being the world's leader in nuclear energy, and today we took an important step forward in achieving that goal,
This legislation gives a major boost to a clean, reliable power generation source, and provides the tools needed for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to facilitate the development and deployment of new technologies here in the United States. I'm proud of the work that went into the ADVANCE Act and that the EPW Committee continues to demonstrate we can successfully collaborate in addressing critical issues like nuclear energy in a bipartisan way."