Syrah Vidalia will also help grow Louisiana’s auto manufacturing industry by creating approximately 150 construction jobs and 98 good-paying, highly skilled operations jobs within the clean energy sector.
Building an advanced nuclear energy industry in the U.S. has long been an active and bipartisan Committee priority for years, and Members outlined significant investments in advanced nuclear technology made through three recent laws: the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, and the Energy Act of 2020.
A recent report by a U.S. Congressional committee with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends the Department of Energy s project funding going toward carbon capture and storage (CSS) at coal-fired power plants receive much more oversight.