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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagil0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 118 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 118-182 ACCELERATING DEPLOYMENT OF VERSATILE, ADVANCED NUCLEAR FOR CLEAN ENERGY ACT OF 2023 JUNE 17, 2024.-Ordered to be printed Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 1111] The Committee on Environment and Public Works to which was referred the bill (S. 1111) to enhance United States civil nuclear leadership, support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, strengthen the domestic nuclear energy fuel cycle and supply chain, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND Preserving and expanding the nation's use of clean and reliable nuclear energy is essential to advancing the energy and national security interests of the United States and achieving our environ- mental goals. Currently, America's 94 operating nuclear reactors generate approximately one-fifth of our nation's electricity and nearly half of our carbon-free energy.1 In addition, new nuclear re- actors would provide reliable, diverse, and clean energy to support our nation's electricity system. Thus, the United States must sup- port both continued operation of existing reactors and deploy new advanced reactors to ensure that nuclear generation maintains its important role in America's energy portfolio. Russia's war on Ukraine and China's aggressive nuclear buildout highlight the importance of American leadership in providing en- 'World Nuclear Association, Country Profiles: Nuclear Power in the USA, https://world- nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/usa-nuclear-power.aspx (last visited January 31, 2024). 49-010