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As Introduced
131st General Assembly
Regular Session H. C. R. No. 9
201!201"
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To establish a sustainable energy-abundance plan for
Ohio to meet future Ohio energy needs with
affordable, abundant, and environmentally friendly
energy.
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WHERE!, Ohio has many finite natural energy resources"
and
WHERE!, World energy demand and usage are e#pected to
increase" and
WHERE!, !olar and wind energy technologies are not
e#pected to provide future and abundant base-load power or
pea$ing energy-on-demand power affordably" and
WHERE!, E#tending Ohio%s current energy boom will rest
in creating a long-term energy plan and developing clean and
affordable energy technologies such as li&uid core
molten
salt reactors and small modular reactors" and
WHERE!, merica possesses a nearly ine#haustible supply
of thorium and uranium 'more than a billion years( that
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dramatically e#ceeds all $nown potential energy reserves,
including those of renewable energy" and
WHERE!, The elements thorium and uranium have the
practical potential to provide unlimited energy resources
for
Ohioans and mericans on demand in the near future and to
provide many other tangible benefits" and
WHERE!, 3etter utili4ation of thorium and uranium in
specially designed reactors such as molten salt reactors,
including li&uid fluoride thorium reactors, can provide
energy
security from other nations by utili4ing Ohio coal and a
reactor%s nuclear heat energy to produce an abundance of
synthetic li&uid transportation fuels. These synthetic fuels
can
be produced for many future generations of Ohioans in a
safe,
affordable, and in a most environmentally friendly manner"
and
WHERE!, The efficient use of thorium or uranium in a
specially designed molten salt reactor allows for greatly
increased environmentally friendly energy production that
improves the economics of many recycling technologies and
raises
the standard of living" and
WHERE!, 5t is incumbent upon Ohio legislators to be
forward-thin$ing in addressing the future energy challenges
for
the ne#t generation of Ohioans" and
WHERE!, Ohio is uni&uely capable to commerciali4e small
modular reactors, li&uid core molten salt reactors, and
integral
fast reactors with its research and development assets of
the
6ational eronautics and !pace dministration 7lum 3roo$
'!andus$y, Ohio(, the 6ational eronautics and !pace
dministration 8ohn H. 9lenn Research :enter ':leveland, Ohio
area(, the Wright-7atterson ir ;orce 3ase '
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organi4ations that speciali4e in nuclear-technology
development
in Ohio" and
WHERE!, The academic, scientific, manufacturing, and
business communities in Ohio have some of the best talent
and
research and development records in the world.
WHERE!, !.11, the @merican Aedical 5sotopes 7roduction
ct of *2)),@ was signed into law by 7resident 3arac$ Obama
on
8anuary *, *2)+, and mandates a reliable domestic supply of
molybdenum-11 for medical imaging and diagnostics" and
WHERE!, Aolybdenum-11 is used in more than si#teen million
medical procedures annually in the =nited !tates" and
WHERE!, 6o domestic supply of molybdenum-11 currently
e#ists, and present suppliers use old reactors that result
in
fre&uent supply disruptions" and
WHERE!, The 6uclear Regulatory :ommission, charged with
licensing nuclear reactors, is not well-funded for
establishing
procedures for new, advanced reactor designs based on
different
architectures from today%s fleet of light water reactors"
and
WHERE!, !mall modular reactors and li&uid core molten
salt
reactors represent a business opportunity that Ohio%s
manufacturing base is well-suited to e#ploit. This could
potentially result in creating forty thousand manufacturing
Bobs
in total within Ohio, because these Bobs have the ability to
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complement Ohio%s coal industry, oil industry, and natural
gas
hydraulic fracturing industry by increasing Bobs in those
industries" now therefore be it
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