Nuclear Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2026

This bill would let the Department of Energy authorize and regulate certain commercial nuclear facilities, including fuel facilities, on federal land or for federal purposes, and would direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to change its rules to match. It would create a "Nuclear Energy Launch Pad" program in which private companies, chosen through a competitive process, test advanced reactors on federal land and certain non-federal sites while paying the full costs. It would allow federal power marketing administrations to buy, transmit, and sell electricity from nuclear plants. It would also end the program that dilutes and disposes of surplus plutonium, restart HB Line at the Savannah River Site, and instead distribute surplus plutonium to qualified companies to make fuel for advanced reactors between 2028 and 2035.

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Sponsors

• Mike Lee Republican sponsor
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