Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025
On calendar: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- On calendar
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Oct 29, 2025
What it does
The Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025 would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to exclude certain equipment or devices used to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from the definition of a "production facility" if the reprocessing does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements. This change would affect nuclear fuel recycling operations by reducing regulatory burdens for technologies that avoid plutonium separation, potentially facilitating the development and deployment of advanced nuclear fuel cycles. The bill aims to expedite licensing for reprocessing methods that do not isolate plutonium, thereby supporting efficient fuel utilization while maintaining nonproliferation safeguards.
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Where it goes next
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