Nuclear Power Could Get Lifeline in Senate Infrastructure Bill
- Draft language calls for $6 billion aid program for industry
- Negotiators finalizing draft of spending bill on Sunday
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Struggling nuclear power reactors could be given a $6 billion lifeline in the bipartisan infrastructure bill being written in the U.S. Senate, according to a draft obtained by Bloomberg News.
A program to evaluate nuclear reactors that are in jeopardy of closing and provide them with aid would be created within the Energy Department under terms of the $550 billion, bipartisan infrastructure package. The text of the infrastructure bill hasn’t been released and changes could still be made before its release.