ATOMIC ENERGY ACT

Bills and resolutions

NRC: amend definition of ‘‘production facility’’ to exclude equipment or device capable of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in manner that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements (see H.R. 10321), H6443 [6DE]

——— clarify existing requirements relative to fusion energy systems (see S. 4151), S2827 [17AP]

——— limit type of applications reviewed by Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and exclude reviews from NRC annual assessment and collection of fees and charges (see H.R. 9199), H4961 [30JY]

——— provide for more efficient hearings on nuclear facility construction applications (see S. 4288), S3597 [8MY]

Remarks in House

NRC: address insufficient compensation and recruitment of employees and other personnel, H712 [28FE]

——— establish regulatory framework for fusion energy systems under byproduct materials framework, H713 [28FE]

Remarks in Senate

NRC: clarify existing requirements relative to fusion energy systems (S. 4151), S2829 [17AP]