Bill Text: OH HCR28 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: As Introduced 128th General AssemblyRegular Session2009-2010H. C. R. No. 28 Representative Daniels
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-15 - To Alternative Energy [HCR28 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HCR28-Introduced.html
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Representative Daniels
Cosponsor:
Representative Book
To urge the President of the United States to direct | 1 |
the United States Department of Energy to ensure | 2 |
the continuation of the uranium enrichment work | 3 |
being developed by the USEC, Inc., at its Piketon, | 4 |
Ohio plant by granting USEC's application for a | 5 |
federal loan guarantee. | 6 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, USEC, Inc. is a global and leading supplier of | 7 |
enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, USEC currently operates the American Centrifuge | 9 |
Plant, a demonstration facility in Piketon, Ohio, that develops | 10 |
next generation uranium enrichment technology; and | 11 |
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Energy (USDOE) | 12 |
currently is considering USEC's application for a federal loan | 13 |
guarantee for its American Centrifuge Plant and an expansion of | 14 |
its nuclear enrichment work there; and | 15 |
WHEREAS, USDOE has agreed to delay a final review of USEC's | 16 |
loan guarantee application for a period of at least six months to | 17 |
allow USEC to meet required technical and financial milestones and | 18 |
allow an independent engineer to provide technical guidance | 19 |
demonstrating that the technology can be deployed at a commercial | 20 |
scale; and | 21 |
WHEREAS, USEC and the General Assembly believe that the | 22 |
American Centrifuge Plant project will meet the financial and | 23 |
technical requirements of the USDOE's Loan Guarantee Program as | 24 |
well as President Obama's policy objectives for energy security | 25 |
and climate change goals and that the plant, through specific | 26 |
reliability tests developed during this review period, will be | 27 |
able to demonstrate with confidence that it is technologically | 28 |
ready to transition to commercial operation; and | 29 |
WHEREAS, USDOE's failure to grant a loan guarantee will force | 30 |
USEC, at a critical time in Ohio's economy, to demobilize its | 31 |
American Centrifuge Plant uranium enrichment project jeopardizing | 32 |
the expansion efforts at the Piketon plant and resulting in job | 33 |
losses that will directly affect nearly 2,000 current USEC and | 34 |
contractor employees in Ohio and several other states and | 35 |
indirectly impact thousands more; now therefore be it | 36 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly | 37 |
of the State of Ohio, urge the President of the United States to | 38 |
direct the Secretary of USDOE to use this additional review period | 39 |
for careful deliberation and as an opportunity to avert the | 40 |
demobilization of the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, | 41 |
and allow the continued development of its uranium enrichment | 42 |
technology by awarding USEC the federal loan guarantee for which | 43 |
it applied; and be it further | 44 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 45 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 46 |
President of the United States, the Secretary of the United | 47 |
States Department of Energy, the members of the Ohio | 48 |
Congressional delegation, the Governor of Ohio, the Board of Pike | 49 |
County Commissioners, and the news media of Ohio. | 50 |