Jeffrey S Merrifield is a former Commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission , leads the nuclear practice at Pillsbury Law Firm, and chairs the US Nuclear Industry Council When I started working as a legislative aide in the US Senate in 1987, nuclear power was very unpopular in Congress, mirroring public sentiment at the time.
In July last year, the US Senate passed the Nuclear Fuel Security Act on a vote of 96-3, directing the Department of Energy to prioritise increasing domestic production of low-enriched uranium for existing reactors, and accelerating efforts to ensure the availability of high-assay, low-enriched uranium for advanced reactors. Such an overwhelming vote would have been inconceivable in 1987.
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