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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 657<\/a> and 658<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71466,"section_number":"2.2-2234","catch_line":"Short title; declaration of public purpose; Authority created","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2234\/"},{"id":55568,"section_number":"45.2-2102","catch_line":" Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority established","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-2102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225209,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76216,"identifier":"45.2-2101","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/1\/45.2-2101","url":"\/45.2-2101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-2101\/","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/1\/45.2-2101","dublin_core":{"Title":" Nuclear energy; strategic plan","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-2101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> and the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade and Education shall work in coordination with the Authority<\/span>, established pursuant to Article 2 (§ 45.2-2102<\/a>), and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority<\/span>, established pursuant to Article 4 (§ 2.2-2234<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 22 of Title 2.2, to develop a strategic plan for nuclear energy as part of the Commonwealth’s overall goal of carbon-free energy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Such plan may include (i) the promotion of new technologies and opportunities for innovation, including advanced manufacturing; (ii) the establishment of a collaborative research center and university nuclear leadership program to promote education in fields that meet the workforce demands of Virginia’s nuclear industry; and (iii) recognition of the role of nuclear energy in the Commonwealth’s goal of employing 100 percent carbon-free sources of energy by 2050. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Such plan shall be completed by October 1, 2020, updated every four years thereafter, and published on the Internet by the Authority<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n NUCLEAR ENERGY; STRATEGIC PLAN (\u00a7 45.2-2101)\n\nA. The Department and the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade and Education shall\nwork in coordination with the Authority, established pursuant to Article 2\n(§ 45.2-2102), and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority,\nestablished pursuant to Article 4 (§ 2.2-2234 et seq.) of Chapter 22 of\nTitle 2.2, to develop a strategic plan for nuclear energy as part of the\nCommonwealth’s overall goal of carbon-free energy.\n\nB. Such plan may include (i) the promotion of new technologies and opportunities\nfor innovation, including advanced manufacturing; (ii) the establishment of a\ncollaborative research center and university nuclear leadership program to\npromote education in fields that meet the workforce demands of Virginia’s\nnuclear industry; and (iii) recognition of the role of nuclear energy in the\nCommonwealth’s goal of employing 100 percent carbon-free sources of energy\nby 2050.\n\nC. Such plan shall be completed by October 1, 2020, updated every four years\nthereafter, and published on the Internet by the Authority.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 657, 658, \u00a7 67-1700; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}