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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6805 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the scope of the advanced 
reactor demonstration program to test and develop fourth-generation 
nuclear reactors, small modular reactors, and micro-reactors, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the 
scope of the advanced reactor demonstration program 
to test and develop fourth-generation nuclear reactors, 
small modular reactors, and micro-reactors, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next Generation Nu-
clear Deployment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADVANCED REACTOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 959A(b) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16279a(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) prioritizing testing and development of, on 
at least 10 different sites, advanced reactor designs 
of which one shall be a specialized micro-reactor de-
scribed in subparagraph (C), including— 
‘‘(A) fourth-generation nuclear reactors, 
such as sodium-cooled fast reactors, high-tem-
perature gas-cooled reactors, and molten salt 
reactors; 
‘‘(B) small modular reactors and factory- 
produced nuclear reactors with a generation ca-
pacity of not more than 500 megawatts of elec-
tricity; and 
‘‘(C) specialized micro-reactors that are— 
‘‘(i) capable of producing up to 10 
megawatts of electricity; and 
‘‘(ii) designed for deployment in re-
mote locations or for specialized applica-
tions;’’. 
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(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 959A(c) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16279a(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (10)(F), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) test and develop an advanced reactor de-
sign, as described in subsection (b)(2), on any site 
regardless of whether it is owned or operated by the 
Department of Energy.’’. 
(c) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—The Sec-
retary of Energy shall seek to enter into cost-sharing ar-
rangements with private industry and research institutions 
to enhance the effectiveness and reach of testing and de-
veloping of advanced nuclear designs under section 
959A(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16279a(b)), as amended by subsection (a). 
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