Nuclear REFUEL (Recycling Efficient Fuels Utilizing Expedited Licensing) Act

Bill: 118-hr-10321
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2024-12-06
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10321 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 6, 2024 Mr. Latta (for himself and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the definition of production facility in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to exclude an equipment or device capable of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nuclear REFUEL (Recycling Efficient Fuels Utilizing Expedited Licensing) Act . 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 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 .