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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61268</law_id><section_number>45.2-1709</section_number><catch_line> Nuclear energy; considered a clean energy source</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="17">Other Sources of Energy Generally; Energy Policy</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Energy Policy of the Commonwealth</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purposes of the Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy as set out in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy" href="/45.2-1706.1/">45.2-1706.1</a>, in any clean energy initiative or carbon-free energy initiative undertaken, overseen, regulated, or permitted by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, nuclear energy shall be considered to be a clean energy source.</p></section></text><history>2020, c. 960, &#xA7; 67-104; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 327, 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
