United StatesRequires DOE to study recycling technologies for spent nuclear fuel
The study could influence future decisions on nuclear waste storage, recycling infrastructure, isotope supplies, and related safety and security policies.
What it does
Requires the DOE (via the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy) to conduct a national study on recycling spent nuclear fuel, starting within 90 days.
Specifies analyses the study must include: practicability, benefits, costs, risks (including proliferation), comparisons to the once‑through cycle, technology types, isotope recovery, siting, and tracking.
Requires a public report to Congress within one year that is tailored for non‑specialists and limited to 120 pages, including findings, challenges, and policy recommendations.
Argument forProvides a coordinated, evidence-based review that can identify whether recycling could reduce long-term storage burdens, produce valuable isotopes, and support advanced reactors.
Argument againstStudying recycling might divert attention and funds from established priorities like permanent geologic disposal or reactor safety oversight.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Introduced in HouseLatest
- Jun 8Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Introduced
Environment & EnergyNational SecurityGovernment & Ethics