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HR 7817 116th Congress House

Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act

Official title: To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to submit a report on facilitating efficient, timely environmental reviews of nuclear reactors through expanded use… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to submit a report on facilitating efficient, timely environmental reviews of nuclear reactors through expanded use of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and generic environmental impact statements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 29, 2020 See on congress.gov
Energy Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigations
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act

This bill directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report on facilitating efficient, timely environmental reviews of nuclear reactors through expanded use of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and generic environmental impact statements.

The commission must promulgate a final rule to (1) establish an optical generic environmental impact statement for actions relating to nuclear reactors that may be used in the process for issuing a construction permit, early site permit, or combined license; and (2) amend criteria for and identification of licensing and regulatory actions to eliminate the list of actions that require environmental impact statements to allow for the use of environmental assessments and categorical exclusions for such actions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7817: Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7817/
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"H.R. 7817: Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7817/.
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H.R. 7817, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7817/.
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