International Nuclear Energy Act of 2025

The International Nuclear Energy Act of 2025 would create a centralized, government-wide framework to advance the United States’ civil nuclear cooperation and export efforts. It establishes a White House focal point within the National Energy Dominance Council to coordinate international civil nuclear energy policy and exports, appoint a Director for International Nuclear Energy Export Policy, and create a Nuclear Exports Working Group to oversee a long-term (10-year) export strategy. The bill aims to align federal agencies, allied nations, and private industry to expand safe, secure, and nonproliferation-conscious nuclear cooperation, including financing, demonstrations of advanced reactors, and research facilities. It also authorizes specific funding and ongoing programs to assist embarking civil nuclear nations (countries starting or expanding civil nuclear programs) and to convene regular high-level conferences on nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability. In short, the bill would formalize a whole-of-government approach to promoting U.S. civil nuclear energy exports, strengthen coordination across agencies and with foreign partners, create financing and advisory programs to support allies and embarking nations, and require periodic high-level convenings to advance safety, liability, waste management, and other nuclear governance issues. It also includes notable protections and exclusions for certain countries and sets aside specific appropriations to support these activities.