# 119-s-2082: Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025

119-s-2082, Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2082
- As of: 2026-09-10
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2082
- Congress: 119
- Title: Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Nuclear REFUEL would narrow what counts as a “production facility.”** It would amend Section 11(v) of the Atomic Energy Act to exclude devices that separate uranium isotopes, enrich uranium in U-235, or reprocess spent fuel without separating plutonium from the definition, shrinking the set of equipment covered by that law. - Manufacturers and operators of uranium enrichment and isotope-separation equipment would no longer have those machines labeled a "production facility," which reduces the federal regulatory scope that applies to them. - Firms working on spent fuel recycling that does not separate plutonium from other transuranics would see their reprocessing equipment fall outside the production facility definition, changing how that equipment is regulated. - Federal regulators would have a narrower category of equipment designated as production facilities to oversee, focusing statutory coverage away from the excluded activities.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New licensing rule for nuclear facilities: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would change the Atomic Energy Act's definition of a "production facility." It would say that equipment that separates uranium isotopes, enriches uranium in U-235, or reprocesses spent nuclear fuel without separating plutonium would not count as a production facility. That wou…

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- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2082 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2082)

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- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2461)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2082 (as of 2026-09-10).