Delaware Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force

Tuesday, January 6, 2026·3h 5m·▶ Watch / Listen

Key Actions

·NRC Agreement State Designation for DelawareNo Vote

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Controversies

Whether Delaware should pursue NRC Agreement State designation

Martin Willis argued designation is worthwhile even without a nuclear plant, citing Connecticut's projected $1.7 million in annual revenue and examples of non-nuclear states already holding Agreement State status. Robert Book countered by questioning who would pay the fees in Delaware without a nuclear plant and called it 'an opportunity to create another department of state government that maybe we don't need.' Wayne Vogel argued he saw no tie-in between designation and siting an SMR, while Director Schall/Shaw stated Delaware would not need Agreement State status to build a nuclear power plant.

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Notable Quotes

“Small modular reactors actually produce more waste in terms of megawatts or megawatt hours, however you want to do that. And I was surprised to see it's up to two to 30 times more waste per megawatt.”
Dr. Jennifer Clemens — Dr. Clemens made this statement during her Module 1 presentation on SMR environmental risks, directly challenging a common argument that SMRs have a smaller environmental footprint than large reactors.

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TranscriptPreview

Folks have given us the okay sign, so we're going to begin. We got a lot to get through, so thank you very much for being here. This is the Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task force. Today is January 6th, 2026. I'm state senator Stephanie Hanson. I'm the chair of the Senate Energy Committee. And what we will do, as we do at the beginning of all of our meetings, is we'll do a roll call for the task force members. So at this point, I'll turn it over to Anna for the roll call. All right, Senator Hanson? Here. All right. Representative Burns. Here. Represent Sandra Richardson. All right. Representative Hlofsky. Here. Tom Noy. Present. I'm online and I apologize. I have to jump off at 11, but I've got other members of our team who will be sticking through the whole thing. Thank you. All right. Wayne Vogel. Here. Dave Edwill. Here. Ada Shaw. Here. Matt Hartigan. Here. Jameson Tweedy. Here. Ed ke. I know. Absent. Mayor Smith? Here. Joanna. Steve? Joanna. No. Representative of Lambert. Here. Mario Giovannini. Absent. Rob Book. Here. Jennifer Clemens. Here. Robert Denight. Here. Peggy Schultz. Keith Guzan. Martin Willis. Tony Diprima. Here. Andrew…

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