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Jun 12, 2025
Policy Area:
Energy
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Oct 29, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 224.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 224.
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Oct 29, 2025
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
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Oct 29, 2025
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
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Oct 29, 2025
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Oct 29, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Jun 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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| Code: 10000
Jun 12, 2025
Subjects (1)
Energy
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Jun 12, 2025
Jun 12, 2025
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Version Date: Oct 29, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 11, 2025 6:01 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2082 Reported in Senate
(RS) ]
<DOC>
Calendar No. 224
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2082
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of
``production facility'' to exclude an equipment or device capable of
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate
plutonium from other transuranic elements.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Husted (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment
and Public Works
October 29, 2025
Reported by Mrs. Capito, without amendment
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of
``production facility'' to exclude an equipment or device capable of
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate
plutonium from other transuranic elements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2082 Reported in Senate
(RS) ]
<DOC>
Calendar No. 224
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2082
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of
``production facility'' to exclude an equipment or device capable of
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate
plutonium from other transuranic elements.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Husted (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment
and Public Works
October 29, 2025
Reported by Mrs. Capito, without amendment
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of
``production facility'' to exclude an equipment or device capable of
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate
plutonium from other transuranic elements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Recycling Efficient Fuels
Utilizing Expedited Licensing Act of 2025'' or the ``Nuclear REFUEL Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2.
Section 11 v.
(v) )
is amended, in the second sentence, by striking ``separating the
isotopes of uranium or enriching uranium in the isotope 235'' and
inserting ``
(A) separating isotopes of uranium or enriching uranium in
the isotope 235; or
(B) reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner
that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements''.
Calendar No. 224
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2082
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of
``production facility'' to exclude an equipment or device capable of
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate
plutonium from other transuranic elements.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 29, 2025
Reported without amendment
is amended, in the second sentence, by striking ``separating the
isotopes of uranium or enriching uranium in the isotope 235'' and
inserting ``
(A) separating isotopes of uranium or enriching uranium in
the isotope 235; or
(B) reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner
that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements''.
Calendar No. 224
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2082
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of
``production facility'' to exclude an equipment or device capable of
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate
plutonium from other transuranic elements.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 29, 2025
Reported without amendment