Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Innovation and Safety Subcommittee
406 Dirksen
05/20/2026 at 10:00AM
On Wednesday, May 20, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Innovation and Safety, will hold a hearing to examine S. ____ Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act, a discussion draft of S. ___ The RECHARGE Act, and a discussion draft of S. ____ Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act.
Witnesses:
- Nick Loris, President, C3 Solutions, climate denier
- Adam Stein, PhD, Director, Nuclear Energy Innovation, The Breakthrough Institute
- Patrick White, PhD, Group Leader for Fusion, Safety, and Regulation, Clean Air Task Force
Legislation:
- S. ____ Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act, To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow the use of commercial-grade steel and concrete in non-safety-related structures at nuclear power plants
- RECHARGE Act Discussion Draft, To exempt the conversion of brownfields and retired fossil fuel electric generation facilities into “advanced” nuclear reactor plants from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
- [Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act Discussion Draft], To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to align the licensing of uranium enrichment facilities with other fuel cycle facilities under that Act