Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority; established, report. (SB1138)
Introduced By
Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. Establishes the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purposes of making the Commonwealth a national and global leader in nuclear energy and serving as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues. The 17-member board of directors of the Authority is directed to form a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, referred to as the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. Membership in the Consortium is open to specified educational institutions, Virginia-based federal research laboratories, nuclear-related nonprofit organizations, business entities with operating facilities in Virginia that are engaged in activities directly related to the nuclear energy industry, and other persons whose membership is approved by the Consortium's board of directors. The purposes of the Consortium include carrying out the rights, powers, and duties of the Authority and conducting other activities useful in (i) making the Commonwealth a leader in nuclear energy, (ii) serving as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues, and (iii) raising money on behalf of the Authority in the corporate and nonprofit community and from other nonstate sources. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103526D |
01/09/2013 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
01/17/2013 | Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/17/2013 | Rereferred to Commerce and Labor |
01/18/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1138) |
02/04/2013 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2013 | Committee substitute printed 13104840D-S1 |
02/05/2013 | Read second time |
02/05/2013 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/05/2013 | Committee substitute agreed to 13104840D-S1 |
02/05/2013 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1138S1 |
02/05/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2013 | Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2013 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2013 | Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1138S1) |
02/11/2013 | Placed on Calendar |
02/11/2013 | Read first time |
02/11/2013 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/14/2013 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (20-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2013 | Read second time |
02/19/2013 | Read third time |
02/19/2013 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/19/2013 | Engrossed by House as amended SB1138 |
02/19/2013 | Passed House with amendment (90-Y 7-N 1-A) |
02/19/2013 | VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 7-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2013 | House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2013 | Enrolled |
02/23/2013 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1138ER) |
02/23/2013 | Signed by President |
02/23/2013 | Signed by Speaker |
02/25/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1138ER) |
03/14/2013 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 394 (effective 7/1/13) |
03/14/2013 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0394) |
Comments
We need safe renewable energy. Not toxic, dangerous and expensive nukes!
Love this: "Nuclear power is one hell of a way to boil water.Albert Einstein"
Nuclear power is an old way to produce power, cannot get insurance, tax payers foots the bill for nuke plants.
Nuke plants in Finland and GA are running very behind, cost has increased 3x.
Do not need nuke plants, cannot afford nukes plants
Move ahead with the times and stop being another of the follow the leader Republicans. Think of the future, the future of our children. We need clean energy, not this outdated toxic garbage. If you can't move with the times then you are not representing the future!
Please do not advance short term gains by accepting long term risk. Uranium mining is not worth the risk.
To whom it may concern, I never thought that Virginia would put it's profits before it's people and pristine environment. At what cost? What will be left for future generations, a toxic wasteland, a land so vast yet so empty? Priority should be people over profits. The people do not want this, the cons far outweigh the pros. What will it take to understand the magnitude of dangers involved continuing on the path of nuclear power, Fukushima in Virginia? Instead of permanently ruining all of the land..with mountain-top removal and mining uranium..why not preserve the land (and it's inhabitants) and move forward with renewable energy? Is it not painfully obvious what the clear choice is? How many politicians have been to see the destruction caused by such things as mountain-top removal..or ever visited communities where the people cannot even drink or shower with their water..? Do not pass a bill when you haven't even taken the time to look at the consequences of your actions. It's easy to vote on a bill when your not directly affected by the outcome. Well let me tell you my friend, we will all be affected by the continued use of nuclear energy in this country, and until we move toward clean renewable sources we're a ticking time bomb. - Nathan Roland
NO to a nuclear think tank!
Please pay attention to what is happening in Japan! We want the future to be safe for our children! Clean Energy, not outdated Nuclear Energy!
Strange to think VA wants to back such an old energy push, the cost of new nuke plant will average $35 billion which in the long run is paid by federal tax payers.
The global nuclear industry is sick, indeed, it is in palliative care. And here are 10 good reasons why: (see side bar for a little more detail on these)
1. Gloom overlies the nuclear lobby, fear of this question: the next nuclear catastrophe. Not IF it will happen, but WHEN and WHERE?
2. Aging, dangerous nuclear reactors that are too costly to make safe. .
3. “New nuclear” is a joke. The nuclear lobby will boast of so many “planned”, “proposed” reactors. But new ones actually being built? – just two and a half duds.
4 Discord and dissension in the nuclear camp. Nuclear countries cannot afford new reactors, so desperately compete to sell them to other countries.
If uranium is mined and its by-products stored in Chatham . . The Commonwealth of Virginia will be known as a "Toxic Radioactive Waste Dump".
Don't put the interest of a uranium mining corporation above the health and welfare of the people you were elected to represent.