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S 2082 Advanced toward a vote

Excludes from the Atomic Energy Act's definition of "production facility" any equipment or device that reprocesses spent nuclear fuel without separating plutonium from other transuranic elements.

Official title: Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
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Senate
Introduced 12-JUN-2025
Referred 12-JUN-2025
Approved by committee 29-OCT-2025
Reported 29-OCT-2025
On the calendar 29-OCT-2025
Key points
  • Known as the Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025.
  • Amends Section 11 v. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(v)) by replacing its second sentence.
  • Keeps the existing exclusion for uranium isotope separation and uranium enrichment as clause (A).
  • Adds clause (B), which covers reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements.
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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Energy

Sponsor Jon Husted (R-OH) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 D
1 Democrat