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Spartz Introduces Legislation to Streamline Advanced Nuclear Energy
Rep. Victoria Spartz introduced the Nuclear Regulatory Modernization Act of 2026, which streamlines NRC licensing for small modular reactors by eliminating mandatory hearings and accelerates domestic uranium enrichment to reduce US reliance on Russian imports.
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The Wire takeaway
If you're building or financing a small modular reactor, the NRC licensing gate just shortened - mandatory hearings are gone, and domestic uranium enrichment capacity is about to expand. That's two years of permitting risk removed and a supply bottleneck widening into a market.
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Topics: Clean Energy · Energy Storage · smr-licensing · nrc-streamline · uranium-enrichment · nuclear-supply-chain · energy-security