U.S. Dept. of Energy public-private effort would help domestic firms demonstrate innovative models they can build and operate in 5-to-7 years.

A bill to speed approval of advanced nuclear technologies and another to change the way the Dept. of Energy’s national laboratories are managed are among a handful of energy measures the House has passed in the first weeks of its new session.

America’s conflicted relationship with nuclear energy is back at center stage, and ENR Energy’s lead story explores it this month.