[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2082 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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                                 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. SHORT TITLE.

    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. EXCLUSION FROM DEFINITION OF PRODUCTION FACILITY.

    Section 11 v. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(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''.
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