{"id":1676,"date":"2026-05-16T20:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:07:37","slug":"senate-passes-landmark-88-2-bipartisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/?p=1676","title":{"rendered":"Senate Passes Landmark 88-2 Bipartisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a rare bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to modernize the<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>nuclear energy sector, approving the bill 88\u20132 and sending it to President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The measure aims to reform regulations that supporters say have<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cslowed U.S. nuclear development for decades\u201d while also renewing funding for firefighter grant programs.<\/p>\n<p>The bill seeks to streamline licensing, reduce costs, and speed up environmental reviews while maintaining safety standards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Backers note the U.S. operates 93 commercial reactors supplying about 20% of the nation\u2019s electricity, and<\/p>\n<p>argue nuclear power provides \u201creliable, low-emission energy\u201d as demand rises and climate goals intensify.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers hope reforms will encourage investment in advanced technologies like small modular reactors.<\/p>\n<p>Critics warn that \u201cfaster approvals could weaken essential safeguards,\u201d raising concerns about environmental reviews, public input, and nuclear waste.<\/p>\n<p>Still, overwhelming support signals nuclear power is increasingly seen as vital to U.S. energy and climate strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a rare bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to modernize the nuclear energy sector, approving the bill 88\u20132 and sending it to President Joe Biden. The measure aims &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmnews168.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}