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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9202 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to promote and facilitate the 
commercialization of domestic spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2024 
Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. WILLIAMS of New York) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to promote and facilitate 
the commercialization of domestic spent nuclear fuel re-
processing. 
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 ‘‘Nuclear Waste Reproc-
essing Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds the commercialization 
of domestic spent nuclear fuel reprocessing to be essential 
to— 
(1) addressing the challenges posed by spent 
nuclear fuel in the United States; and 
(2) advancing the development of sustainable 
nuclear energy throughout the United States. 
(b) POLICIES.—The Secretary of Energy shall de-
velop, in consultation with relevant industry stakeholders, 
and implement policies for the Department of Energy to 
encourage and support the commercialization of spent nu-
clear fuel reprocessing technologies in the United States. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS.—The Sec-
retary of Energy shall take measures to ensure the United 
States maintains a leading role in the international arena 
with respect to spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. 
(d) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out subsections (b) 
and (c), the Secretary of Energy shall establish and en-
hance partnerships with private industry to pursue techno-
logical advances in the United States associated with spent 
nuclear fuel reprocessing through the research, develop-
ment, and commercialization stages. 
(e) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
collaborate with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to 
reconcile, to the extent appropriate, any differences in ter-
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minology, procedures, and processes related to reprocess-
ing spent nuclear fuel and recycling spent nuclear fuel. 
(f) REPORTING.—Not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report 
on the progress, achievements, and challenges relating to 
the commercialization of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing 
technologies. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) REPROCESSING.—The term ‘‘reprocessing’’ 
means, with respect to spent nuclear fuel, the proc-
esses used to separate the spent nuclear fuel into 
nuclear materials that may be recycled for use in 
new fuel and material that would be discarded as 
waste. 
(2) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 
nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2(23) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23)). 
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