S. 2082 119th Congress Senate

Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025

Official title: 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… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: June 12, 2025 Introduced by: Jon Husted Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov

Energy Energy efficiency and conservationIndustrial facilitiesNuclear power

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 29, 2025

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Oct 29, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 224.

Oct 29, 2025

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.

Jun 12, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jun 12, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now October 29, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 224.

Hearings & markups 1

Business meeting to consider S.2082, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of "production fac…
Meeting Oct 29, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Environment and Public Works Committee

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 2 versions

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 43

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC.
for NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ORANO USA LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS AREVA NUCLEAR MATERIALS LLC)
for ORANO USA LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS AREVA NUCLEAR MATERIALS LLC) · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
OKLO INC.
for OKLO INC. · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
XCEL ENERGY, INC
for XCEL ENERGY INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC
for MIRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · Georgia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ENTERGY SERVICES, LLC
for ENTERGY SERVICES LLC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
43 filings
SENATE
43 filings
Energy, Dept of
27 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
14 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
12 filings
Treasury, Dept of
12 filings
Natl Security Council (NSC)
11 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
7 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Whitehouse, Sheldon

Rhode Island · Jun 12, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2082: Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2082/

MLA

"S. 2082: Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2082/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 2082, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2082/.

Markdown link

[S. 2082: Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2082/)