NARUC-NASEO Advanced Nuclear State Action Tracker (TEST)
The Advanced Nuclear State Action tracker provides an overview of state activities that may impact states' advanced nuclear efforts (advanced nuclear is defined as Gen III+ and Gen IV technologies). This tracker focuses on highlighting advanced nuclear activities and partnerships involving state government entities (i.e., State Public Utility Commissions, State Energy Offices, state legislatures, and Governor's Offices). The Advanced Nuclear State Action Tracker covers state actions related to advanced nuclear from 2013 - present, and will include relevant Executive Orders, Policies and Programs, and state legislation that has passed into law.
This tracker will be updated on a monthly basis. If you would like to suggest an addition or a change to the map, please complete the following form. Please note that the tracker is not intended to be inclusive of all activities in the advanced nuclear space, such as those led by the private sector or local or international governments. Additional resources that may be of interest are listed below:
- Nuclear Energy Institute report on State Nuclear Legislation and Regulations
- Nuclear Innovation Alliance's Advanced Reactor Deployment Map
Select a Category and/or a State Entity below:
144 results found.
Alaska programs
Program Name:
18 AAC 87: microreactor siting permit regulations authorized under Alaska Statute (AS) 18.45
State:
AK
Category:
Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Environmental Agency
Date:
August 2023
Summary:
In support of Governor Dunleavy's Office of Energy Innovation and in response to the US Air Force Microreactor Pilot Program, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has developed microreactor siting permit regulations authorized under Alaska Statute (AS) 18.45. The final regulation (18 AAC 87) are available on DEC Regulations' webpage.
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Program Name:
SB 177 An Act relating to nuclear facility siting permits; and relating to microreactors.
State:
AK
Category:
Siting / Approval
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
May 2022
Summary:
Reduces barriers to the deployment of microreactors in remote communities related to nuclear facility site permitting.
Arkansas programs
Program Name:
HB 1142 Nuclear Recycling Program
State:
AR
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2023
Summary:
HB 1142 directs the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment to create the Arkansas Nuclear Recycling Program and secure funding "to study the technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel".
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Program Name:
HB 1572 To Create A Technical Feasibility Study On New Nuclear Energy Generation; and to Declare an Emergency
State:
AR
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
April 2025
Summary:
Within sixty (60) days after the effective date that this act is funded, the Department of Energy and Environment shall engage an outside consulting firm to conduct a technical feasibility study on implementing nuclear energy generation in this state.
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Program Name:
SB 307 To Amend the Law Concerning Public Utilities; To Create the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act of 2025; And To Declare an Emergency
State:
AR
Category:
Financial; Integrated Resource Plan; Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
Allows a public utility to recover costs of feasibility studies and strategic investments in in advanced energy technologies (including nuclear technologies) through a rider approved by the commission. Also requires public utilities to monitor and evaluate advancements in modular nuclear reactors and other new nuclear generation technologies and evaluate the resources as part of the public utility's resource planning once those technologies become in the public interest.
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Arizona programs
Program Name:
Docket No. ACC-00000A-23-0183 In the matter of researching and discussing the feasibility, viability and sustainability of advanced nuclear power generation.
State:
AZ
Category:
Generic / Exploratory Docket
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
June 2023
Summary:
This docket is intended to act as a repository for research, informational filings and proceedings related to advanced nuclear technology. Advanced Nuclear technology meaning the building of Micro, Mini and Small nuclear reactors including Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). The purpose is to research and discuss the viability, feasibility, and sustainability of growing Advanced Nuclear Power generation in Arizona's power generation mix.
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Colorado programs
Program Name:
HB 1040 Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource
State:
CO
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
The statutory definition of "clean energy" determines which energy projects are eligible for clean energy project financing at the county and city and county level. The statutory definition of "clean energy resource" determines which energy resources may be used by a qualifying retail utility to meet the 2050 clean energy target. The bill updates the 2 statutory definitions to include nuclear energy.
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Program Name:
HB 23-1247 Colorado Energy Office to Study Advanced Energy Solutions for SE and NW Colorado
State:
CO
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
August 2023
Summary:
The Colorado General Assembly passed legislation in 2023 to require the State Energy Office to study advanced energy solutions for southeastern and northwestern Colorado, including nuclear.
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Connecticut programs
Program Name:
HB 5202 An Act Exempting Existing Nuclear Power Generating Facilities in the State From the Nuclear Power Facility Construction Moratorium
State:
CT
Category:
Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
May 2022
Summary:
Partially repeals the state's nuclear moratorium to allow for advanced reactor deployment within the footprint of existing nuclear facilities.
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Program Name:
PA 23-102 Section 35 Study
State:
CT
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan; Study; Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
Environmental Agency; State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
02/20/2024
Summary:
In February 2024, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment (DEEP) released a draft report on Select Connecticut Energy Supply Issues pursuant to Section 35 of Public Act 23-102. The report evaluates the feasibility of deploying SMRs and other carbon free resources in the region, reviews the process for power purchase agreements, and reviews the state's gas supply system.
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Program Name:
SB 385
State:
CT
Category:
Energy Procurement
State Entity:
Environmental Agency; Inter-State Coordination; State Legislature
Date:
May 2024
Summary:
Permits the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to coordinate with other New England states to procure generation resources from a nuclear power generating facility for ten years following the end of existing agreements with a nuclear power generating facility.
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Program Name:
SB 7: Connecticut Council for Advancing Nuclear Energy Development
State:
CT
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy; Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal; Study; Working Group
State Entity:
Consumer Counsel; Cross-Cutting State Groups; Environmental Agency; State Energy Office; State Legislature
Summary:
PA 23-102:
1. Establishes the Connecticut Council for Advancing Nuclear Energy Development (working group) tasked with meeting at least four times per year and submitting an annual report concerning advancements occurring in nuclear energy development to the General Assembly (section 33).
2. DEEP Study evaluating the feasibility of deployment of SMRs (section 35).
3. Classifies new nuclear as class 1 renewable (section 36(a)(20)
4. technical corrections to moratorium exemption (section 34)
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Florida programs
Program Name:
CS/HB 1645: Energy Resources
State:
FL
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
7/1/2024
Summary:
Requires PSC to evaluate feasibility of using advanced nuclear power technologies
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Program Name:
HB 7109 An Act Relating to the Florida Public Service Commission
State:
FL
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
June 2015
Summary:
Authorizes electric utilities to petition the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) for financing orders that authorize the issuance of nuclear asset recovery bonds.
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Program Name:
SB 1472 Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants
State:
FL
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
July 2013
Summary:
Amends existing Florida law for certain cost recovery related to the siting, design, licensing, and construction of nuclear and integrated gasification combined cycle power plants.
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Georgia programs
Program Name:
Docket 29849: Georgia Power Company`s Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Construction Monitoring
State:
GA
Category:
Construction Monitoring
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
December 2011
Summary:
Georgia Power Company`s Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Construction Monitoring docket.
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Program Name:
Docket 40161: Georgia Power 2016 Integrated Resource Plan, investigation of pursuing new nuclear generation option at Stewart County site
State:
GA
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan; Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
December 2015
Summary:
In its 2016 Integrated Resource Plan, Georgia Power requested that the Commission approve the expenditures necessary to investigate pursuing new nuclear generation as a potential future base-load option at a site in Stewart County, Georgia. In its August 2, 2016 Order in this docket, as clarified by the August 22, 2016 Order Nunc Pro Tunc, the Commission Ordered:
...that Georgia Power Company's as-filed request on this issue [of preserving the option for new nuclear generation] shall be modified so that the Company is allowed to record through the end of the second calendar quarter of 2019 up to $99 million for activities as identified earlier in the section of this order relating to the investigation of pursuing new nuclear generation option at the site in Stewart County.
In March of 2017, Georgia Power requested permission to suspend work on the Stewart County Site Investigation, which was approved by the Commission.
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Iowa programs
Program Name:
HF 2279
State:
IA
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
May 2024
Summary:
Amends code to included nuclear
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Idaho programs
Program Name:
Concurrent Resolution No. 113 Stating the Findings of the Legislature and Declaring Support for the Development of Clean and Safe Nuclear Advanced Energy Technologies
State:
ID
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2024
Summary:
The Legislature declares that domestic energy production is a national security issue and supports advanced energy research, while also supporting reforms to the process for new research and reactor licensing. The Legislature urges all citizens to recognize the importance of advanced energy to the state and to national security, the economy, and the environment.
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Program Name:
Executive Order: No. 2018-07 Establishing a Policy for Nuclear Energy Production and Manufacturing in Idaho
State:
ID
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
Governor's Office
Date:
June 2018
Summary:
Supports the continued promotion, advancement and deployment of advanced reactor technologies, including small modular reactors, in Idaho.
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Program Name:
HB 591 Amends existing law to revise definitions and to provide application to operating property for the tax exemption for new capital investments
State:
ID
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2018
Summary:
Allows for tax exemptions for research & development opportunities associated with Small Modular Reactors
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Program Name:
House Bill 96
State:
ID
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
July 2023
Summary:
Expands definition of clean energy to include nuclear
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Program Name:
Rocky Mountain Power's 2023 IRP
State:
ID
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
November 2023
Summary:
Rocky Mountain Power said the 2023 IRP preferred portfolio includes the 500 megawatt advanced nuclear Natrium demonstration project, which is anticipated to go online by the summer of 2030, 1,000 megawatts of additional advanced nuclear resources through 2033 and 1,240 megawatts of non-emitting peaking resources through 2037
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Illinois programs
Program Name:
HB 2473
State:
IL
Category:
Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
December 2023
Summary:
House Bill 2473 does not entirely lift the 36-year-old moratorium on nuclear construction. Instead, it creates a regulatory structure for the construction of small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs. It also requires the state to perform a study that will inform rules for regulating SMRs, which will be adopted by regulators at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency by January 2026.
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Indiana programs
Program Name:
HR 54 A House Resolution urging the Legislative Council to assign to the regulatory flexibility committee the task of studying the topic of small modular nuclear reactors
State:
IN
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2013
Summary:
Requests a study on small modular reactors that includes economic issues such as cost, economic impact, potential job creation, cost savings for electricity consumers; and technical, design, and regulatory questions
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Program Name:
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) 2024 Integrated Resource Plan
State:
IN
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
SMRs were included in the Preferred Portfolio in 2036 and 2037, reflecting a total 600 MW of nameplate capacity. These SMRs reflect estimated cost reductions of approximately 30% compared to the generic SMR resource price. These cost reductions were included to reflect the cost savings associated with the reuse of the Rockport interconnection and existing facilities, energy community bonus ITCs, federal grant opportunities, customer participation, and leveraging fast follower savings opportunities. The Rockport facility qualifies as an energy community under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
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Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
IN
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
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Program Name:
RM #22-05 Regarding 170 IAC 4-11
State:
IN
Category:
Capacity Preparation; Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
May 2024
Summary:
Adds 170 IAC 4-11 regarding requirements for certification under IC 8-1-8.5 for the construction, purchase, or lease of small modular reactors by a public utility. This rulemaking was done in consultation with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). Effective date is June 30, 2023.
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Program Name:
SB 176 An Act to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities
State:
IN
Category:
Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
April 2023
Summary:
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission must adopt rules concerning granting certificates for the construction, purchase, and leasing of Small Modular Reactors. Increases the maximum capacity of a SMR from 350 MW to 470 MW.
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Program Name:
SB 271 An Act to Amend the Indiana Code Concerning Utilities
State:
IN
Category:
Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
March 2022
Summary:
Requires the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to adopt rules concerning the granting of certificates for the construction, purchase, or lease of small modular nuclear reactors.
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Program Name:
SB 424
State:
IN
Category:
Financial; Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
April 2025
Summary:
Amends Indiana Code section concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity (certificates) for small modular nuclear reactors: (1) Authorizes a public utility to petition the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for approval to incur, before obtaining a certificate, project development costs for the development of one or more small modular nuclear reactors. (2) Sets forth certain factors that the IURC must consider in reviewing a public utility's petition to incur project development costs. (3) Requires the IURC to issue a final order approving or denying the petition not later than 180 days after receiving the petition and the public utility's complete case in chief, subject to the IURC's right to extend the time for review if the public utility does not object to the extension. (4) Provides that if a public utility receives approval to incur project development costs, the public utility may petition the IURC at any time before or during the development and execution of a small modular nuclear reactor project for the approval of a rate schedule that periodically adjusts the public utility's rates and charges to provide for the timely recovery of project development costs. (5) Provides that after reviewing a public utility's proposed rate schedule, the IURC shall approve the recovery of project development costs by the public utility if the IURC finds that project development costs that have been or will be incurred.
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Program Name:
Study analyzing SMR technology applications and impacts
State:
IN
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
November 2023
Summary:
The Indiana Office of Energy Development (IOED) is interested in a comprehensive approach to analyzing SMR technology applications and
impacts. This includes both costs and benefits of SMR technology. The study shall provide specific and detailed information on the following broad topic areas:
• Current Status of SMR Technology
• State & Local Economic Impact
• Workforce Development and Employment
• Safety
• Community Engagement Needs and Best Practices
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Program Name:
Study on Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Technology and Its Impact for Indiana (by Purdue University)
State:
IN
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Research or Training Partner; State Energy Office
Date:
November 2024
Summary:
In partnership with a team of experts, Purdue University was selected by the Indiana Office of Energy Development (IOED) to perform a comprehensive study that analyzes small modular reactor (SMR) technology applications and their impacts for the state of Indiana. Key recommendations from the study include: 1. Develop educational resources for differing audiences to build on publicly understood benefits of nuclear energy while educating on perceived safety and environmental concerns. 2. Review existing state requirements, investigate incentives and lead in technology standardization with a goal of de-risking SMR construction within the state, especially at existing or retired coal plants. 3. Take advantage of existing supply chain resources within the state to ensure Indiana's economy benefits from SMR construction anywhere in the nation.
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Kansas programs
Program Name:
SB 410
State:
KS
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2024
Summary:
Exempts new nuclear facilities from certain property taxes
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Kentucky programs
Program Name:
2024 Duke Energy Kentucky Integrated Resource Plan
State:
KY
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
June 2024
Summary:
Duke Energy Kentucky's 2024 Integrated Resource Plan considered for inclusion in its IRP small modular reactors and states that it continues to monitor emerging technologies (such as SMRs).
WebLink:
Program Name:
Final Report to the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission Pursuant to 2023RS SJR 79
State:
KY
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
November 2023
Summary:
The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Working Group submitted a final report of their findings to the Legislative Research Commission in November 2023.
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Program Name:
HB 1 appropriations to support and facilitate nuclear energy development
State:
KY
Category:
Financial; Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Workforce Development
State Entity:
Research or Training Partner; State Legislature
Date:
April 2024
Summary:
Appropriates $20 million for fiscal year 2025 to the University of Kentucky budget unit to support and facilitate the development of nuclear energy by the Center for Applied Energy Research.
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Program Name:
HCR 22
State:
KY
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
A concurrent resolution declaring that nuclear power generation is a clean and dispatchable means of providing baseload electricity to the residents and businesses of the Commonwealth.
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Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
KY
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
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Program Name:
S 179 An Act relating to nuclear energy development
State:
KY
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
Creates and implements the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program for the advancement and location of nuclear energy-related projects to support the entire nuclear energy ecosystem in the Commonwealth, including utility and private sector economic development activities. Provides $8,000,000 annually to support the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SB 11 An Act Relating to Nuclear Power
State:
KY
Category:
Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2017
Summary:
Removes the moratorium on the construction of new nuclear facilities within the state.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SB 198: An Act relating to nuclear energy development
State:
KY
Category:
Siting / Approval; Study; Workforce Development
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; Governor's Office; State Legislature
Date:
4/12/2024
Summary:
Creates a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require that the Cabinet for Economic Development create and implement a financial assistance program to support the nuclear energy ecosystem; requires that the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Authority conduct a study to identify the workforce needs to develop and support the nuclear ecosystem and submit its findings to the Governor and Legislature by December 1, 2024; requires that the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority contract for services to produce a site suitability study to identify the best potential locations for nuclear facility sites in the Commonwealth and report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature by December 1, 2025; requires that the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority contract for services to develop and implement a nuclear marketing and education plan; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority and provides directives for KNEDA's organization and activities.
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Program Name:
SJR 140-- A Joint Resolution Directing the PSC to make all staffing, organizational, and administrative preparations necessary to be ready to discharge its regulatory duties
State:
KY
Category:
Capacity Preparation; Siting / Approval; Workforce Development
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
04/04/2024
Summary:
Directs the Public Service Commission to make all staffing, organizational, and administrative preparations necessary to be ready to discharge its regulatory duties relating to applications for the siting and construction of nuclear energy facilities, including but not limited to conducting a survey of nuclear regulatory staff in other states, contracting with personnel with expertise in nuclear regulatory matters to be available to assist immediately with any nuclear siting or construction applications that may be filed with the commission, providing for the training of existing staff on nuclear siting and construction issues, amending the administrative regulations promulgated by the commission to require that electric utilities consider all generation resources, including nuclear resources, when developing their triennial integrated resource plans, and reviewing all other administrative regulations promulgated by the commission to ensure that there are no impediments to the effective regulation of nuclear facilities or any obstructions to the development of the nuclear ecosystem in the Commonwealth.
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Program Name:
SJR 79 Creation of a Nuclear Energy Development Working Group
State:
KY
Category:
Study; Working Group
State Entity:
State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
March 2023
Summary:
The working group is administratively attached to the Energy and Environment Cabinet and consists of 23 members, including utilities representatives from across the state, environmental advocates, nuclear experts, lawmakers and Kentucky industry representatives.
The main duties of the Working Group consisted of identifying the barriers to deploying nuclear power in the state, developing recommendations for how a permanent nuclear energy commission could address those barriers and consulting with state, federal and local agencies as well as nonprofits and stakeholders groups on the role of a permanent nuclear energy commission. The group submitted a report of their findings to the Legislative Research Commission in November 2023. Report available here.
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Louisiana programs
Program Name:
Directive to PSC Staff to study and track development of advanced nuclear power technology
State:
LA
Category:
Generic / Exploratory Docket; Study
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
August 2023
Summary:
During the August 16, 2023 Louisiana PSC Business and Executive Session. The PSC issued a directive to staff to study and track the development of advanced nuclear power technology.
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Program Name:
EO 166 On Modernization and Efficiency for Environmental Permitting
State:
LA
Category:
Capacity Preparation; Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; Environmental Agency; Governor's Office
Date:
November 2024
Summary:
The order directs multiple areas of efficiency in regulatory processes in the state. Among the order's directives, Governor Landry directs the state to develop procedures to advance and prepare for a potential expansion of nuclear energy in the state.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Louisiana Advanced Nuclear Competitive Edge Strategic Framework
State:
LA
Category:
Strategic Framework
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
October 2024
Summary:
This document creates an energy-driven economic path for Louisiana that focuses on the utilization of advanced nuclear energy. The Framework serves as a resource guide for stakeholders, vendors and other parties who are interested in the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy in Louisiana.
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Massachusetts programs
Program Name:
SB 2829 An Act Upgrading the Grid and Protecting Ratepayers
State:
MA
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy; Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
November 2024
Summary:
This 2024 climate and clean energy bill changes the state's definition of clean energy to include nuclear fission and allows the state to coordinate with other New England States to sign long-term contracts with the two remaining nuclear power plants in the region (Seabrook Station in New Hampshire and Millstone in Connecticut).
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Maryland programs
Program Name:
Feasibility Assessment and Economic Evaluation: Repurposing a Coal Power Plant Site to Deploy an Advanced Small Modular Reactor Power Plant
State:
MD
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
November 2022
Summary:
The study was performed by X-Energy, MPR Associates, and Frostburg State University (FSU) with a grant from MEA. The goal of the study was to determine the feasibility and economic impact of siting a four-unit Xe-100 small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) at an existing coal generation facility.
Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
MD
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
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Program Name:
SB 536-- An Act concerning Environment -- Nuclear Power Plants -- Emergency Preparedness
State:
MD
Category:
Capacity Preparation
State Entity:
Environmental Agency; State Legislature
Date:
05/09/2024
Summary:
Requires the Department of the Environment to serve as an off–site response organization and the lead State agency for all nuclear incidents within the State; requiring the Department of the Environment to prepare a technical emergency radiation response plan, respond to emergencies involving a nuclear power plant, participate in a certain federal program, and procure certain specialized equipment
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Michigan programs
Program Name:
Case No. U-21358
State:
MI
Category:
Working Group
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
March 2023
Summary:
Public Act 166 of 2022 directed the Michigan Public Service Commission to engage an outside consulting firm to examine the feasibility of nuclear power generation in Michigan. Public Act 218 of 2022 provides for the parameters of the nuclear feasibility study. In response, on March 24, 2023, the Commission issued an order in Case No. U-21358 establishing the Nuclear Feasibility Study Workgroup.
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Program Name:
HB 6019 An Act to amend 1939 PA 3
State:
MI
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
October 2022
Summary:
Provides $150,000 to the Public Service Commission to commission a feasibility study on small modular reactors
WebLink:
Program Name:
Michigan FY25 Budget
State:
MI
Category:
Financial; Workforce Development
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
6/27/2024
Summary:
The FY25 Michigan budget allocates $150 million to support the reopening of the Palisades Nuclear Facility in Southwest Michigan, protecting 600 high-paying jobs at the plant and 1,100 additional jobs throughout the community while helping Michigan reach its clean energy goal. Holtec International has announced plans to commission its first two 300MW SMRs at the Palisades site.
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Program Name:
Michigan Nuclear Feasibility Study
State:
MI
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
January 2024
Summary:
Michigan PSC Nuclear Feasibility Study Workgroup published its draft Nuclear Feasibility Study in January 2024.
Program Name:
SB 271 The Clean Energy Future Bill
State:
MI
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
November 2023
Summary:
Senate Bill 271 sponsored by Senator Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) establishes a 100% clean energy standard for Michigan. By 2040, Michigan will produce all its energy from clean sources. Under this legislation, nuclear energy is considered a clean energy resource.
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Minnesota programs
Program Name:
Xcel Energy 2024-2040 Upper Midwest Integrated Resource Plan
State:
MN
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
Feburary 2024
Summary:
Xcel Energy's 2024 IRP mentions that Xcel is examining advanced technologies including advanced nuclear reactors. Further, Excel Energy mentions its engagement in activities to ensure the utility is pepared to learn from advanced nuclear projects, including the (now discontinued) Utah Associated Municipal Power System (UAMPS).
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Missouri programs
Program Name:
Ameren Missouri Preferred Resource Change 2025 (part of the 2023 IRP)
State:
MO
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
Ameren Missouri's Preferred Resource Plan 2025 includes the addition of 1,500 MW of new nuclear generation in 2040. This document specifies that selection of a specific nuclear technology has not yet been made, but the Company continues to monitor developments in new nuclear SMR technologies closely. Ameren also states that they expect to see successful implementation of new SMR technology before making a commitment to a specific technology.
Program Name:
SB 1388
State:
MO
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
July 2024
Summary:
Authorizes a state and local sales tax exemption for all sales and purchases of tangible personal property, building materials, equipment, fixtures, manufactured goods, machinery, and parts for the purposes of constructing all or any portion of a nuclear security enterprise, as such term is defined in the act, located in Kansas City.
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Mississippi programs
Program Name:
HB 863 An Act to revise certain provisions relating to assessment of public service corporations.
State:
MS
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
June 2020
Summary:
Exempts nuclear generating facilities from county, municipal and district ad valorem taxes, instead requiring the utility to pay the state Department of Revenue a sum based on the assessed value of such a nuclear generating plant.
Program Name:
SB 2928 An Act to Establish a Partnership with the Energy Industry
State:
MS
Category:
Workforce Development
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
2019
Summary:
Authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Vicksburg Warren School District and the Claiborne County Board of Education to establish a partnership with the Entergy Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Warren County and the Mississippi Development Authority for a Nuclear Energy High School Academy.
Montana programs
Program Name:
HB 273 An Act Repealing the Laws Authorizing the People of Montana through Statewide Vote to Approve or Reject a Proposed Nuclear Power Facility
State:
MT
Category:
Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal; Siting / Approval
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
2021
Summary:
Removes a provision in the Montana Major Facility Siting Act which required the public to approve any proposed nuclear energy facilities through a statewide election.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SJR 3 Requesting an Interim Study of the Feasibility of Advanced Nuclear Reactors as Replacement for Coal-Fired Boilers
State:
MT
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
2021
Summary:
Requires a study of the feasibility of advanced nuclear generation, including an evaluation of the economic feasibility of replacing closing coal facilities with advanced nuclear reactors.
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North Carolina programs
Program Name:
Carbon Plan Integrated Resource Plan Order 2024 (Docket No. e-100, Sub 190)
State:
NC
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
November 2024
Summary:
Duke Energy Carolina's 2024 Carbon Plan Integrated Resource Plan (CRIRP) identifies new infrastructure needed to meet the Carbon Plan's goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Among the new infrastructure needs identified was 600 MW of advanced nuclear. Duke has begun site selection activities for a proposed plant at Belews Creek in Stokes County (to partially replace coal retirements in this location) and one other existing plant location (to be determined). These advanced nuclear plants are expected to be operational by 2035 according to the CRIRP.
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Program Name:
Docket No. E-100 Sub 179 Carbon Plan of Duke Energy Progress, LLC, and Duke Energy Carolinas
State:
NC
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
December 2022
Summary:
Authorizes Duke Energy Carolinas to incur project development costs associated with new nuclear generation and requires the utility to report on activities and costs incurred.
Program Name:
H 259 Funding for Advanced Nuclear Research Reactor Feasibility Study in NC FY 24 Budget
State:
NC
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
October 2023
Summary:
North Carolina's fiscal year 2024 budget for the state has allocated $3 million for North Carolina State University, to conduct a study to assess the feasibility for the establishment of an advanced nuclear research reactor.
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Program Name:
SB 678 An Act to Redefine "Renewable Energy" as "Clean Energy"
State:
NC
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
October 2023
Summary:
S.B. 678 replaces the term "renewable energy" in state statutes with "clean energy" and specifies that the new term include both nuclear fission and fusion. The bill also eliminates language impeding the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) from issuing Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for nuclear facilities.
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North Dakota programs
Program Name:
H 1025 AN ACT to provide legislative management study relating to advanced nuclear energy
State:
ND
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2025
Summary:
Directs the North Dakota legislative management to study the feasibility, siting, and deployment of advanced nuclear power plants in the state during the 2025-26 interim and report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative assembly.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HCR 3034 Directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the feasibility of advanced nuclear energy development and transmission
State:
ND
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2023
Summary:
The House Concurrent Resolution tasks the Legislative Management to consider studying sustainable energy policies to maximize the economic viability of existing energy sources, assess future demands on electricity in the state, and determine the feasibility of advanced nuclear energy development and transmission in the state; and report its findings and recommendations to during the next legislative session.
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Nebraska programs
Program Name:
LB 1014
State:
NE
Category:
Financial; Study
State Entity:
Department of Economic Development; State Legislature
Date:
April 2022
Summary:
Appropriates $1 million to the state Department of Economic Development for use by a political subdivision that owns or operates a nuclear plant in the state to conduct an advanced reactor feasibility study.
WebLink:
Program Name:
LB 568 (portions amended into LB565 in June 2023)
State:
NE
Category:
Workforce Development; Working Group
State Entity:
Governor's Office; State Legislature
Date:
May 2023
Summary:
Establishes a 12-member working group appointed by the Governor to study and determine the workforce training needs of the nuclear and hydrogen industries
WebLink:
Program Name:
LB 84
State:
NE
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
May 2021
Summary:
Adds nuclear energy to the qualifying renewable energy sources eligible for a business tax incentive.
WebLink:
Program Name:
LR 178 Nebraska Legislature to conduct Interim Study on SMR Feasibility
State:
NE
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
October 2023
Summary:
An interim study to examine the feasibility of constructing and operating small modular nuclear reactors to generate electric power in Nebraska, to be conducted by the Natural Resources Committee on small modular nuclear reactors.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Nuclear Plant Siting Feasibility Study Program
State:
NE
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Department of Economic Development
Date:
October 2022
Summary:
The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds provides federal grant funds to a political subdivision to conduct a feasibility study to assess (1) siting options for new advanced nuclear reactors throughout Nebraska and (2) existing electric generation facilities based on key compatibility assets for advanced nuclear reactors.
New Hampshire programs
Program Name:
An Act relative to studies of nuclear energy technologies
State:
NH
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; State Energy Office
Date:
August 2024
Summary:
This bill requires the department of energy to coordinate the continuing studies by various state agencies on the uses and development of nuclear energy, including advanced nuclear reactors, and wind energy.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Final Report from the Commission to Investigate the Implementation of Next-Generation Nuclear Reactor Technology in New Hampshire
State:
NH
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups
Date:
December 2023
Summary:
The Commission to Investigate the Implementation of Next-Generation Nuclear Reactor Technology in New Hampshire released a final report on December 1, 2023.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 543 Establishing a commission to study nuclear power and nuclear reactor technology
State:
NH
Category:
Working Group
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
June 2022
Summary:
Establishes a commission to study nuclear power and nuclear reactor technology in New Hampshire
WebLink:
New Jersey programs
Program Name:
Docket QO25040202 Request for Information In the Matter of Prospective Nuclear Energy Generation in New Jersey
State:
NJ
Category:
Generic / Exploratory Docket
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
May 2025
Summary:
Staff of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities ("NJBPU" or "Board") hereby invites all interested parties and members of the public to provide written responses to this Request for Information ("RFI") regarding prospective new nuclear electricity generation in New Jersey.
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Program Name:
Executive Order No. 315
State:
NJ
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
Governor's Office
Date:
February 2023
Summary:
New Jersey's Governor enacted a goal to reach 100% clean electricity sales by 2035, which includes nuclear.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SB 2313 Establishes zero emission certificate program for nuclear power plants
State:
NJ
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
2018
Summary:
Required the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to create a zero-emission certificate program that would provide up to $300 million annually to support qualifying low carbon electricity sources, such as nuclear power.
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New Mexico programs
Program Name:
HM 57 Requesting the EMNR Dept. Include an Evaluation of the Feasibility and Economic Benefits of SMRs in New Mexico's State Energy Plan
State:
NM
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
2014
Summary:
Requests an evaluation to determine the feasibility, societal benefits and required regulatory changes associated with the deployment of small modular reactors be included by the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department in its state energy plan.
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New York programs
Program Name:
Advanced Nuclear Technologies Request for Information
State:
NY
Category:
Capacity Preparation; Generic / Exploratory Docket
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
November 2024
Summary:
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gauge market interest in activities to develop advanced nuclear energy technologies in New York State. Through this RFI, NYSERDA seeks to identify entities that are currently pursuing or interested in a potential role in advanced nuclear energy development.
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Program Name:
Blueprint for Consideration of Advanced Nuclear Technologies
State:
NY
Category:
Strategic Framework; Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
January 2025
Summary:
The Blueprint for Consideration of Advanced Nuclear Technologies (Draft Blueprint) will advance issues and considerations for the potential deployment of advanced nuclear power generation and potentially leverage federal funding programs, including but not limited to, nuclear planning grants.
Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
NY
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Order Initiating Process Regarding Zero Emissions Target
State:
NY
Category:
Generic / Exploratory Docket; Study
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Energy Office
Date:
May 2023
Summary:
The order initiates a process to identify technologies that can close the anticipated gap between the capabilities of existing renewable energy technologies and future system reliability needs. Within the order, the Commission asks stakeholders a series of important questions, including how to define 'zero-emissions' for purposes of the zero emissions by 2040 target, and whether that definition should include cutting edge technologies such as advanced nuclear, long duration energy storage, green hydrogen, and demand response. The order further elicits feedback from stakeholders on how to best design a zero-emissions by 2040 program, consistent with the Climate Act's requirement of delivering substantial benefits to disadvantaged communities and New York State's electric grid reliability rules, while also leveraging other state and federal efforts to research, develop, and deploy zero-emission resources
WebLink:
Ohio programs
Program Name:
HB 308
State:
OH
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
Includes energy generated by nuclear reactors as green energy
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 33 Establishes operating appropriations for FY 2024-25 (and creating the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority)
State:
OH
Category:
Study; Working Group
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
July 2023
Summary:
Establishes the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority (Authority) within the Ohio Department of Development consisting of nine members from industry stakeholders in the areas of safety, industry, and engineering R&D. Specifies that the Authority's purpose is to be an information resource for Ohio and certain federal agencies regarding advanced nuclear research reactors, isotopes, and isotope technologies and to make Ohio a leader regarding new-type advanced nuclear research reactors, isotopes, and high-level nuclear waste reduction and storage.
Oklahoma programs
Program Name:
IS-2023-11 Interim study on the potential of bringing nuclear energy to Oklahoma
State:
OK
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
October 2023
Summary:
The interim study will delve into the myriad benefits that nuclear energy offers the state. It will explore the vital role of nuclear energy in providing clean and reliable power and spotlight the substantial economic growth that the nuclear energy sector can generate.
WebLink:
Pennsylvania programs
Program Name:
Forging a Renaissance of Nuclear Through Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Research (FRONTIER Initiative) with Penn State and Westinghouse
State:
PA
Category:
Capacity Preparation
State Entity:
Research or Training Partner
Date:
May 2022
Summary:
Westinghouse and Penn State signed a memorandum of understanding in May 2022 to partner on research and development efforts focused on exploring and applying nuclear engineering and science innovations to societal needs. The research initiative at the university is called FRONTIER (Forging a Renaissance of Nuclear Through Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Research).
In March 2025, the partnership announced that Penn State submitted a letter of intent to the NRC , the first step in the application process to install an eVinci microreactor at University Park.
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Program Name:
HR 238 Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a holistic study on the benefits of nuclear energy and small modular reactors
State:
PA
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
November 2022
Summary:
The Pennsylvania Legislature passed a resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a holistic study on the benefits of nuclear energy and SMRs.
WebLink:
Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
PA
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
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South Carolina programs
Program Name:
Docket 2023-8-E: Duke Energy Progress, LLC's 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)
State:
SC
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
January 2022
Summary:
Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress filed Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. The plan recommends Portfolio 3 which takes an "all of the above" approach, including new hydrogen-capable natural gas resources, energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors.
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Program Name:
EO No. 2023-18 Establishing the
State:
SC
Category:
Study; Working Group
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; Governor's Office
Date:
June 2023
Summary:
Establishes the "powerSC" Energy Resources and Economic Development Interagency Working Group and tasks the Working Group with (among other things) assessing any existing or anticipated technologies or opportunities to incorporate additional nuclear-power production into the State's current generation mix to increase the diversity of South Carolina's energy resources.
WebLink:
Program Name:
H 5100
State:
SC
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; State Legislature
Date:
March 2024
Summary:
Appropriates $10 million to the Department of Commerce for SC Nexus.
WebLink:
Program Name:
S 1031
State:
SC
Category:
Strategic Framework; Working Group
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
July 2024
Summary:
Adds requirement of Nuclear Advisory Council to engage stakeholders and develop a strategic plan to advance the development of advanced reactors.
WebLink:
South Dakota programs
Program Name:
Docket No. EL23-002
State:
SD
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
February 2023
Summary:
The Commission approved Northwestern Energy's request to allow for deferred accounting treatment beginning March 1, 2023 for costs to study new nuclear.
Program Name:
Senate Concurrent Resolution 601
State:
SD
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
02/09/2023
Summary:
Senate Concurrent Resolution 601
Encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislature to authorize and form an interim legislative committee on nuclear power in South Dakota.
HCR 3034 in North Dakota was a copy of this resolution.
WebLink:
Program Name:
South Dakota-NRC agreements (HB 1071)
State:
SD
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
Governor's Office; State Legislature
Date:
March 2024
Summary:
Governor Kristi Noem has signed a bill into law allowing South Dakota's presiding governor to enter into agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Tennessee programs
Program Name:
Executive Order 101 creating the Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
State:
TN
Category:
Study; Working Group
State Entity:
Governor's Office
Date:
May 2023
Summary:
A new council to promote the nuclear power industry in Tennessee was formed with industry, political and academic backers of nuclear energy appointed by Gov. Bill Lee and the state legislature.
WebLink:
Program Name:
H 1143
State:
TN
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; State Legislature
Date:
April 2025
Summary:
Clarifies that a political subdivision that imposes requirements or expectations related to the type of clean or green, or renewable, energy used by a public utility in an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation must include certain sources of energy (including nuclear energy) as permissible sources of clean or green, or renewable, energy, regardless of whether the political subdivision classifies the requirements or expectations as relating to clean or green, or renewable, energy.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 0946
State:
TN
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
July 2023
Summary:
Establishes that nuclear power is a permissible source of clean energy used by a public utility. The legislation also established that nuclear power is a permissible source of renewable energy used by a public utility.
WebLink:
Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
TN
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Final Report and Recommendations for Governor Bill Lee
State:
TN
Category:
Study; Working Group
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups
Date:
October 2024
Summary:
In May 2023, Gov. Bill Lee established the Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council through Executive Order 101, tasking the Council with advancing Tennessee's nuclear leadership and expanding its nuclear energy ecosystem. The Council consisted of 22 members from industry, higher education, workforce development, and government, and was led by Chairman David W. Salyers, TN Department of Environment and Conservation commissioner, and Vice Chairman Jeff Smith, University of Tennessee vice president for National Laboratories.
On October 31, 2024, the Council issued its Final Report to help the State of Tennessee move forward with new nuclear generation along with the nuclear workforce and supply chain that sustains it. The Council's report includes 19 recommendations in five key areas that reinforce Tennessee's leading position in the nuclear industry and will enable deployment of critical baseload carbon free energy and support for a vibrant nuclear ecosystem that is key to the State's overall economy.
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Program Name:
Tennessee Nuclear Fast Track Fund
State:
TN
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2023
Summary:
This fund will establish a nuclear development and manufacturing ecosystem built for the future of Tennessee by providing $50 million in grants and assistance to support nuclear power-related businesses that choose to relocate or grow in the state.
WebLink:
Texas programs
Program Name:
HB 1
State:
TX
Category:
Financial; Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
Research or Training Partner; State Legislature
Date:
June 2023
Summary:
Provides $18.5 million over two years to support University of Texas at Austin's Digital Molten Salt Reactor Initiative.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Report: Deploying a World-Renowned Advanced Nuclear Industry in Texas
State:
TX
Category:
Strategic Framework; Study
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
November 2024
Summary:
The Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group, comprised of over 100 experts and stakeholders, dedicated roughly 50,000 hours over the past year to shape Texas as a national and global leader in advanced nuclear technology. This report highlights key recommendations, opportunities, and strategies to position Texas as No. 1 in the advanced nuclear industry.
WebLink:
WebLink 2:
Program Name:
Texas Advanced Nuclear Working Group
State:
TX
Category:
Study; Working Group
State Entity:
Governor's Office; Public Utility Commission
Date:
August 2023
Summary:
Gov. Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas to establish a working group to study and plan for the use of advanced reactors. The working group is tasked with understanding the state's role in deployment and use of advanced reactors, considering potential financial incentives, and determining nuclear-specific changes needed in the ERCOT market.
Program Name:
Texas Energy Fund
State:
TX
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
November 2023
Summary:
The Public Utility Commission of Texas was directed by the Texas Legislature through Senate Bill 2627 (88R), The Powering Texas Forward Act, to create and administer the Texas Energy Fund (TEF). The TEF was initially funded at $5 billion and will provide grants and loans to finance the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric facilities in Texas. Texans voted to create the TEF on November 7, 2023.
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Utah programs
Program Name:
H 249 Nuclear Power Amendments
State:
UT
Category:
Capacity Preparation; Financial; Working Group
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
March 2025
Summary:
Creates the Nuclear Energy Consortium and the State Energy Council, establishes a process for designating energy development zones, creates the Energy Development Investment Fund, modifies the duties and name of the State San Rafael Energy Lab Board, establishes a process for designating electrical energy development zones, creates the Electrical Energy Development Investment Fund and provides for its administration, establishes authorized uses of fund money, relates to property tax value within such zones.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 124
State:
UT
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
May 2024
Summary:
This bill modifies the definition and qualifications applicable to the high cost infrastructure development tax credit and adds nuclear power generation projects to the list of eligible projects for this tax credit.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 241
State:
UT
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2024
Summary:
Amends the state's energy provisions relating to clean energy by changing the term "renewable" to "clean" where appropriate in the statute.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 48
State:
UT
Category:
Strategic Framework; Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2024
Summary:
Expands upon the strategic energy plan which includes the use and development of nuclear power.
WebLink:
Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
UT
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Operation Gigawatt
State:
UT
Category:
Capacity Preparation; Supporting Advanced Nuclear
State Entity:
Governor's Office; State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
October 2024
Summary:
Operation Gigawatt will secure Utah's energy abundance through four key goals:
1. Increasing transmission capacity so more power can be placed on the grid and moved to where it's needed.
2. Expanding and developing more energy production. This includes investing in what we currently have while developing new sustainable sources.
3. Enhancing Utah's policies to enable clean, reliable energy like nuclear and geothermal.
4. Investing in Utah innovation and research that aligns with our energy policies.
WebLink:
Program Name:
Utah's Strategic Nuclear Energy Pathway
State:
UT
Category:
Strategic Framework; Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
July & August 2024
Summary:
"Utah's Strategic Nuclear Energy Pathway" is a series of documents guiding the state through nuclear development. These documents address topics including: pre-application and early site permits and spent fuel recovery and recycling. As of 10/10 2024, reports in this series are still being released.
Virginia programs
Program Name:
H 1491 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-585.1:14, relating to Phase I Utility; recovery of development costs associated with small modular nuclear facility
State:
VA
Category:
Financial; Siting / Approval
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
April 2024
Summary:
Prior to the filing of an application for a certificate to construct a small modular nuclear facility to serve customers in the Commonwealth or in West Virginia and no earlier than July 1, 2024, a Phase I Utility may request the Commission to review the Phase I Utility's decision to incur project development costs. The Commission shall hold a hearing regarding the request and shall issue a final order within 180 days after the date on which the Phase I Utility files its request. All approved reasonable and prudent project development costs incurred for a potential small modular nuclear facility shall be recovered through a rate adjustment clause filed pursuant to subdivision A 6 of Section 56-585.1, amortized over a period equal to the period during which the costs were incurred or five years, whichever is greater.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 1303 Nuclear Energy; Strategic plan for overall goal of carbon-free energy
State:
VA
Category:
Working Group
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2020
Summary:
Directs several state agencies to work in coordination with the Nuclear Energy Consortium
Authority to develop a strategic plan for the role of nuclear energy in the state's overall strategy
for moving toward renewable and carbon-free energy
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 1779
State:
VA
Category:
Capacity Preparation; Workforce Development
State Entity:
Research or Training Partner; State Legislature
Date:
March 2023
Summary:
Establishes the Nuclear Education Grant Fund and Program, for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to any public or private higher education institution that seeks to establish or expand a nuclear education program.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 2008 / SB 1348
State:
VA
Category:
Strategic Framework
State Entity:
Cross-Cutting State Groups; State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
April 2020
Summary:
Nuclear energy; strategic plan. Directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, and the Secretary of Education to work in coordination with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to develop a strategic plan for the role of nuclear energy in the Commonwealth's overall strategy for moving toward renewable and carbon-free energy. The plan shall be completed by October 1, 2020, and updated every four years thereafter.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 2386 and SB 1464 Establishes a Virginia Power Innovation Fund and Viriginia Power Innovation Program
State:
VA
Category:
Financial; Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
March 2023
Summary:
Creates the Virginia Power Innovation Fund with funding to be used solely for the purposes of research and development of innovative energy technologies, including nuclear, hydrogen, carbon capture and utilization, and energy storage. The bill also creates the Virginia Power Innovation Program to use moneys from the Fund to (i) establish a Virginia nuclear innovation hub and (ii) award competitive grants to support energy innovation.
WebLink:
Program Name:
HB 894 An Act to direct the Department of Energy to study the development of advanced small modular reactors in the Commonwealth
State:
VA
Category:
Working Group
State Entity:
State Energy Office; State Legislature
Date:
July 2022
Summary:
Directed the Virginia Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority, to convene a stakeholder working group to identify strategies and any needed public policies, including statutory or regulatory changes, for promoting the development of advanced SMRs in the state.
WebLink:
Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
VA
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SB 1138 An Act relating to the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority
State:
VA
Category:
Working Group
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2013
Summary:
Establishes the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority to make Virginia a national and
global leader in nuclear energy, and to serve as an interdisciplinary study, research, and
information resource on nuclear energy issues.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SB 454: Electric utilities; recovery of development costs associated with small modular reactors
State:
VA
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Date:
4/17/2024
Summary:
Permits Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission at any time for the approval of a rate adjustment clause for the recovery of small modular reactor project development costs for up to one small modular reactor facility. The bill also permits the utility to petition the Commission for project development cost recovery along separate development phases. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2029.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SB 817
State:
VA
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2020
Summary:
Broadens statute definition of clean energy to include nuclear generation.
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Program Name:
SB 828 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 1-208.1, relating to the definitions of carbon-free energy and clean energy
State:
VA
Category:
Nuclear categorized as Clean Energy
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2020
Summary:
Amends the definition of carbon-free energy or clean energy to include electric energy generated from a source that does not emit carbon dioxide during generation, including nuclear energy
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Program Name:
Virginia Releases Advanced Nuclear Feasibility Study
State:
VA
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
May 2023
Summary:
A feasibility study funded by the Virginia Department of Energy and GO Virginia Region One identified seven potential sites in Southwest Virginia that can host small modular nuclear reactors. The study looked at technical feasibility, health and safety considerations, socioeconomic factors, and economic effects.
Washington programs
Program Name:
Energy Northwest agreement with Puget Sound Energy to accelerate the agency's program examining the feasibility of developing and deploying a next-generation nuclear energy facility
State:
WA
Category:
Financial; Study
State Entity:
Joint Operating Agency
Date:
January 2024
Summary:
Washington State-based joint action agency Energy Northwest announced an agreement with Puget Sound Energy to accelerate the agency's program examining the feasibility of developing and deploying a next-generation nuclear energy facility. The agreement, a $10 million investment by Puget Sound Energy in Energy Northwest's new nuclear project feasibility phase, will guide future participation and investment decisions.
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Program Name:
SB 5949
State:
WA
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
Joint Operating Agency; State Legislature
Date:
May 2024
Summary:
Provides $25,000,000 solely as nonfederal support for Energy Northwest's participation in the United States department of energy's loan programs office part 2 application, including due diligence review and environmental impact review.
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Program Name:
SB 6002 Joint Select Task force on Nuclear Energy
State:
WA
Category:
Working Group
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2014
Summary:
Creates a joint select task force on nuclear energy to study the potential of nuclear power in the region.
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Program Name:
UE-200420 (PacifiCorp 2023 IRP Two-Year Progress Report)
State:
WA
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Summary:
PacifiCorp, in the 2023 IRP filed in Washington, included 500 MW of nuclear in their preferred portfolio. The 500 MW is provided by a Natrium reactor through a DOE/TerraPower partnership as a demonstration project that is expected to come online in 2030. PacifiCorp's preferred portfolio includes a total of 1000 MW of nuclear capacity by 2032.
From the PacifiCorp 2023 IRP: "We're working with TerraPower, as part of a public-private partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, to support the development of advanced nuclear reactors with integrated salt storage projects near retiring coal plants, laying the foundation for a future of non-carbon energy while supporting skilled jobs. In the 2023 IRP, the Natrium Demonstration Project is envisioned for placement at the Naughton facility in Kemmerer, Wyoming. With recent federal legislation and studies on the opportunities of a coal-to-nuclear energy transition, TerraPower and PacifiCorp remain committed to bringing the Natrium technology to market for the benefit of grid reliability and stability and for energy-producing communities in Wyoming and Utah."
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Program Name:
UTC Docket UE-230806
State:
WA
Category:
Integrated Resource Plan
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission
Summary:
Puget Sound Energy, in their 2023 IRP progress report, is not planning to build advanced nuclear (SMR) resources but intends to continue evaluating the option in future IRP cycles.
"... we see advanced nuclear reactors as potentially a necessary part of our region's future energy supply mix and will continue to investigate the technology as a potential fit for future PSE resource needs. Puget Sound Energy and the region will need emerging resources like hydrogen hubs and/or advanced nuclear reactors to become commercially viable to help integrate renewables and ensure a reliable grid in the future."
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Wisconsin programs
Program Name:
AB 384: Act to amend and create statutes relating to requirements for the approval of construction for nuclear power plants
State:
WI
Category:
Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal
State Entity:
Public Utility Commission; State Legislature
Date:
April 2016
Summary:
AB 384 makes changes to Wisconsin law regarding: (1) Public Service Commission (PSC) approval of construction of a nuclear power plant; and (2) the Wisconsin energy priorities law. Prior law, repealed by the Act, prohibited PSC from authorizing the construction of a nuclear-fired large electric generating facility unless certain economic and nuclear waste disposal conditions were met.
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West Virginia programs
Program Name:
House Concurrent Resolution 11
State:
WV
Category:
Workforce Development
State Entity:
Research or Training Partner; State Legislature
Date:
February 2023
Summary:
Urges the state's institutions of higher education to establish an education consortium to assist the state government with the development of policies and programs necessary to facilitate nuclear energy developments in West Virginia.
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Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
WV
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
WebLink:
Program Name:
SB 4 An Act Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants
State:
WV
Category:
Nuclear Moratorium Partial or Full Repeal
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
April 2022
Summary:
Repeals the moratorium on the construction of new nuclear facilities within the state.
WebLink:
Wyoming programs
Program Name:
Energy Matching Fund
State:
WY
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
2022, new announcements in 2023 & 2024
Summary:
Wyoming Energy Authority has the ability to issue up to $3 billion in industrial revenue bonds for energy facilities and related supporting infrastructure that may include all facilities, structures and properties incidental and necessary or useful in the production or transmission of energy. This may include transmission lines, pipelines and export facilities. Wyoming Energy Authority does not currently have the authority to issue a bond on generation projects.
In December 2023, Wyoming Energy Authority provides $10 million to assess microreactor deployment in Wyoming.
In June 2024, Wyoming Energy Authority awards Phase Two of the $20 million cost share program to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in the state as a source of resilient and reliable energy to augment existing power generation resources.
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Program Name:
HB 131 An Act Relating to Nuclear Power Generation
State:
WY
Category:
Financial
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2022
Summary:
Reduces barriers to the deployment of advanced reactor technologies and removes, under certain circumstances, a tax on nuclear electricity generation.
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Program Name:
HB 74 AN Act authorizing permits of SMRs; specifying permit requirements; authorizing the replacement of coal generation capacity with small modular nuclear reactor capacity
State:
WY
Category:
Siting / Approval
State Entity:
State Legislature
Date:
March 2020
Summary:
Authorizes permits for small modular reactors (SMR) to replace coal- or natural gas generating units so long as the SMR's rated capacity is not greater than 300 megawatts (MW).
WebLink:
Program Name:
NASEO Advanced Nuclear First Movers Initiative
State:
WY
Category:
Supporting Advanced Nuclear; Working Group
State Entity:
Inter-State Coordination; State Energy Office
Date:
February 2025
Summary:
These states, directed by State Energy Offices, have committed to accelerating advanced nuclear projects by exploring opportunities to reduce financial and technology risks, devising supportive market adoption policies, defining supply chain needs, streamlining federal permitting, developing coordinated procurement options, exploring state-federal-private financing structures, and creating public-private partnerships.
WebLink:
Program Name:
University of Wyoming receives grant to establish new nuclear research facility
State:
WY
Category:
Study
State Entity:
Research or Training Partner
Date:
June 2023
Summary:
The University of Wyoming (UW) announced plans to create a nuclear research core facility, with help from a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The core facility will be a dedicated space for working with radioactive materials, which will help ensure safety while conducting nuclear research.
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Program Name:
Wyoming Energy Authority 2-year contract with BWXT to assess viability of SMR deployment
State:
WY
Category:
Study
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
September 2023
Summary:
BWX Technologies (BWXT) was awarded a "two-phase, two-year contract" with the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in the state to augment existing power generation resources.
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Program Name:
Wyoming Nuclear Energy Strategic Framework
State:
WY
Category:
Strategic Framework
State Entity:
State Energy Office
Date:
June 2023
Summary:
The Wyoming Energy Authority released a Nuclear Energy - Industrial Development Strategic Framework and Roadmap in coordination with several state agencies, industry leaders, Idaho National Laboratory, and other key stakeholders. The framework was broken into three sections: value chain (industrial applications of heat and power), supply chain (from raw materials to finished products), and generation.
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The NARUC-NASEO Advanced Nuclear State Action Tracker map was last updated on 5/2/2025.