Republican lawmakers questioned Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the place of nuclear energy in President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget and America’s continued reliance on enriched uranium from Russia.
“Why cut nuclear energy funding?” Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked Granholm, citing decreases in proposed spending on the department’s nuclear programs.
“That funding had been used to fund the advanced reactor demonstration program, and that is now funded [through] the bipartisan infrastructure law,” Granholm responded.
She was testifying on May 11 before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, & Grid Security. Duncan chairs that subcommittee.
Duncan said nuclear energy is one topic that leads to “widespread agreement” among Democrats and Republicans and across the Senate and the House of Representatives….