Burlison – Micro modular nuclear power plants are the future

There are many ways to generate electricity.  Which one is the best option?

Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison tells Newstalk KZRG:

“Let the market figure it out. And if you do, and you eliminate overburdensome regulation across the board, you’ll find that micro-nuclear is the way to go. When you talk to any utility company, they think that’s the immediate future that will change things.” 

Currently, there are 2 U-S based manufacturers of micro modular nuclear power plants.  

Problem is, each time they produce one nuclear generator, it takes 18 months to be approved. 

President Trump signed an executive order that removed regulations and provided some funding.

Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison tells Newstalk KZRG:

“It set a goal of having a prototype in place by July 4th of 2026. So there are at least two companies that I’ve actually met and toured their facilities that are ramping up to try to achieve that goal. That doesn’t mean that they will be ready, ready to go with manufacturing them at that time.”

Burlison went on to say:  “One of the things is that his bill reduces a lot of their regulation, but still they’re going to have to get these reactors certified or licensed under multiple federal agencies. And the problem is it takes about 18 months in the shortest timeframe. So what we can’t allow to happen is for that 18 month  certification process to apply to every reactor that rolls out of the assembly plant. Does that make sense?”

Burlison went on to say: 

“We have to figure out how to certify the product and then once that one product is certified, as long as they’re creating that same product, they shouldn’t have to go back through the process each time.”