RISCH, WARNER INTRODUCE CIVIL NUCLEAR EXPORT ACT TO STRENGTHEN U.S. COMPETITIVENESS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jim Risch issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), co-chairs of the Senate Advanced Nuclear Caucus, today introduced the Civil Nuclear Export Act to strengthen the United States' ability to compete in existing and emerging nuclear markets and counter Russian and Chinese civil nuclear technologies.

"The United States and Idaho are the home of nuclear energy and ought to be the world's source for the next generation of technology," said Risch. "The Civil Nuclear Export Act gives the U.S. the tools needed to compete, expand and succeed in new markets, and maintain U.S. nuclear technology as the global standard."

"In order to meet U.S. and global energy demands,...