Bill > S2082

This bill modifies the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 by updating the definition of a "production facility" to exclude certain nuclear fuel reprocessing equipment. Specifically, the bill amends the existing law to add a new provision that would not consider a device or equipment as a production facility if it reprocesses spent nuclear fuel in a way that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements. Transuranic elements are radioactive elements with atomic numbers higher than uranium (92), and this bill appears to create a regulatory pathway for nuclear fuel recycling technologies that keep these elements together, potentially making certain nuclear fuel recycling methods easier to license and implement. The bill can be referred to by its full name, the "Nuclear Recycling Efficient Fuels Utilizing Expedited Licensing Act of 2025" or its shorter acronym, the "Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025".

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2082/all-info