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Action Timeline
2025-10-29
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 224.
2025-10-29
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
2025-10-29
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
2025-10-29
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2025-06-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-06-12
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.2082 pass?
S.2082 is still alive. Current stage: REPORTED. Pass likelihood: pending.
Who sponsored S.2082?
S.2082 was sponsored by Jon Husted (R-Ohio).
Full Bill Text
119 S2082 RS: Nuclear Recycling Efficient Fuels Utilizing Expedited Licensing Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-10-29 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II Calendar No. 224 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2082 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. 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 . 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 . October 29, 2025 Reported without amendment
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