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-UNOFFICIAL COPY  26 RS SCR 66/GA
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-SCR006610.100 - 1629 - XXXX   3/13/2026 10:59 AM  GA
-A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the University of Kentucky and the 1
-University of Louisville to explore opportunities to participate in federal nuc lear-related 2
-programs and to expand their curricula to offer courses and degree paths to train the 3
-workforce that will construct and operate the next generation of nuclear energy facilities. 4
-WHEREAS, with the passage of Senate Bill 11 in 2017, the General Assembly 5
-lifted the moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power facilities that had been in 6
-place for decades; and 7
-WHEREAS, interest in developing the nuclear energy ecosystem in Kentucky has 8
-never been greater for many reasons, including but not l imited to the momentum created 9
-by the convening of the Nuclear Energy Development Working Group and the 10
-recommendations it produced for the establishment of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy 11
-Development Authority; and 12
-WHEREAS, the emergence of promising new nuclear technologies, including small 13
-modular reactors, may be useful in a range of applications in the Commonwealth; and 14
-WHEREAS, there is increasing need for new baseload energy generation to be sited 15
-in the Commonwealth in order to maintain the resiliency a nd reliability of the electric 16
-grid; and 17
-WHEREAS, there are 25 university research nuclear reactors located across the 18
-United States, including at universities in the neighboring states of Missouri, Indiana, and 19
-Ohio; and 20
-WHEREAS, universities with researc h nuclear reactors and universities that have 21
-sharing agreements with those universities are eligible for research funding from the 22
-United States Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy University Program; and 23
-WHEREAS, cutting-edge nuclear research is being conducted at these universities, 24
-including at Texas A&M University, where in February 2025, the university offered land 25
-to four nuclear power companies to construct and test the latest prototypes of small 26
-modular reactors; and 27
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-WHEREAS, the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky and the 1
-Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville already use various radioactive 2
-isotopes in their radiopharmaceuticals to treat metastatic neuroendocrine tumors and 3
-prostate cancer, with researchers also conducting clinical trials to possibly expand their 4
-use to treatment of breast, colon, hand and neck, lung, pancreatic, and other cancers; and 5
-WHEREAS, as part of the development of the nuclear energy ecosystem in the 6
-Commonwealth, universities should take a lead role in exploring opportunities to 7
-participate in the latest nuclear energy research and expand their course offerings to 8
-contribute to the development of the nuclear energy workforce in the Commonwealth; 9
-NOW, THEREFORE, 10
-Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 11
-Kentucky, the House of Representatives concurring therein: 12
-Section 1.   The General Assembly urges the University of Kentucky and the 13
-University of Louisville to explore opportunities to participate in the United States 14
-Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy University Program and to expand their curricula 15
-to offer courses and degree paths to train the workforce that will construct and operate the 16
-next generation of nuclear energy facilities. 17
-Section 2.   The General Assembly further encourages the University of 18
-Kentucky and the University o f Louisville to engage and collaborate with the United 19
-States Department of War to explore possible nuclear energy -related grant funding and 20
-research opportunities that may become available as the universities expand their 21
-contributions to the development of the nuclear energy ecosystem in the Commonwealth. 22
-Section 3.   The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of this 23
-Resolution and notification of its passage to Eli Capilouto, President, University of 24
-Kentucky, 101 Main Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, and Gerry Bradley, 25
-President, University of Louisville, Grawemeyer Hall, Suite 102, Louisville, Kentucky 26
-40292. 27
+CHAPTER 191
+Legislative Research Commission PDF Version
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+CHAPTER 191
+( SCR 66 )
+A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to
+explore opportunities to participate in federal nuclear -related programs and to exp and their curricula to offer courses
+and degree paths to train the workforce that will construct and operate the next generation of nuclear energy facilities.
+WHEREAS, with the passage of Senate Bill 11 in 2017, the General Assembly lifted the moratorium o n the
+construction of new nuclear power facilities that had been in place for decades; and
+WHEREAS, interest in developing the nuclear energy ecosystem in Kentucky has never been greater for many
+reasons, including but not limited to the momentum created b y the convening of the Nuclear Energy Development
+Working Group and the recommendations it produced for the establishment of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy
+Development Authority; and
+WHEREAS, the emergence of promising new nuclear technologies, including smal l modular reactors, may be
+useful in a range of applications in the Commonwealth; and
+WHEREAS, there is increasing need for new baseload energy generation to be sited in the Commonwealth in
+order to maintain the resiliency and reliability of the electric grid; and
+WHEREAS, there are 25 university research nuclear reactors located across the United States, including at
+universities in the neighboring states of Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio; and
+WHEREAS, universities with research nuclear reactors and universit ies that have sharing agreements with
+those universities are eligible for research funding from the United States Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy
+University Program; and
+WHEREAS, cutting-edge nuclear research is being conducted at these universities,  including at Texas A&M
+University, where in February 2025, the university offered land to four nuclear power companies to construct and test
+the latest prototypes of small modular reactors; and
+WHEREAS, the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentuc ky and the Brown Cancer Center at the
+University of Louisville already use various radioactive isotopes in their radiopharmaceuticals to treat metastatic
+neuroendocrine tumors and prostate cancer, with researchers also conducting clinical trials to possibl y expand their
+use to treatment of breast, colon, hand and neck, lung, pancreatic, and other cancers; and
+WHEREAS, as part of the development of the nuclear energy ecosystem in the Commonwealth, universities
+should take a lead role in exploring opportuniti es to participate in the latest nuclear energy research and expand their
+course offerings to contribute to the development of the nuclear energy workforce in the Commonwealth;
+NOW, THEREFORE,
+Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Comm onwealth of Kentucky, the House of
+Representatives concurring therein:
+Section 1.   The General Assembly urges the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to
+explore opportunities to participate in the United States Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy University Program
+and to expand their curricula to offer courses and degree paths to train the workforce that will construct and operate
+the next generation of nuclear energy facilities.
+Section 2.   The General Assembly further e ncourages the University of Kentucky and the University of
+Louisville to engage and collaborate with the United States Department of War to explore possible nuclear energy -
+related grant funding and research opportunities that may become available as the un iversities expand their
+contributions to the development of the nuclear energy ecosystem in the Commonwealth.
+Section 3.   The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution and notification of its
+passage to Eli Capilouto, Presiden t, University of Kentucky, 101 Main Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, and
+Gerry Bradley, President, University of Louisville, Grawemeyer Hall, Suite 102, Louisville, Kentucky 40292.
+Signed by Governor April 23, 2026.