Thorium Energy Security Act of 2022
Thorium Molten-Salt Reactors run optimally with Uranium-233 seed fissile. DOE is destroying America's supply (and the world's largest single supply) of U-233.
Senator Tommy Tuberville and Senator Dr. Roger Marshall have introduced the "Thorium Energy Security Act of 2022"
It is very short and readable...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c...
Here is a sample (sections 7, 8 and 9)...
SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION ON PRESERVATION AND TRANSFER OF URANIUM-233.
The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Army (including the head of the Army Reactor Office), the Secretary of Transportation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and other relevant agencies shall—
(1) work together to preserve uranium-233 inventories and expedite transfers of uranium-233 to interim and permanent storage facilities; and
(2) in expediting such transfers, seek the assistance of appropriate industrial entities.
SEC. 8. REPORT ON USE OF THORIUM REACTORS BY PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator for Nuclear Security, shall submit to Congress a report that—
(1) evaluates the progress the People’s Republic of China has made in the development of thorium-based reactors;
(2) describes the extent to which that progress was based on United States technology;
(3) details the actions the Department of Energy took in transferring uranium-233 technology to the People's Republic of China; and
(4) assesses the likelihood that the People's Republic of China may employ thorium reactors in its future navy plans.
SEC. 9. REPORT ON MEDICAL MARKET FOR ISOTOPES OF URANIUM-233.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, after consultation with institutions of higher education and private industry conducting medical research and the public, shall submit to Congress a report that estimates the medical market value, during the 10-year period after the date of the enactment of this Act, of actinium, bismuth, and other grandchildren isotopes of uranium-233 that can be harvested without downblending and destroying the uranium-233 source material.
...works for me!
The 2008 IG U-233 report Secretary Granholm has not (yet) read is here:
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/...
I think it is reasonable to ask (via Twitter) @SecGranholm to please read the report ASAP.
If you think saving U-233 from destruction is a-good-thing then contacting Sen. Tuberville and Sen. Dr. Marshall would be a good thing, as well as contacting your own representatives.