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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
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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
- 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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