Iowa Executive Order 17: Nuclear Energy Task Force
On 5 January 2026 the governor signed an order creating an advisory Nuclear Energy Task Force. The order says it applies prospectively as of its effective date and does not state that day. It does not approve a reactor or spend money.
- Category
- Laws, rules and executive directives
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- executive order · Iowa Executive Order Number Seventeen (5 January 2026)
- Issued by
- Governor of Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Affects
- State programme administration
- Effective date
- Not recorded
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- Iowa Executive Order Number Seventeen (Official PDF opened 4 October 2026)
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-04 · 2027-04-15
Legal and geographic scope
The order establishes the Iowa Nuclear Energy Task Force to advise the governor, the General Assembly, and state agencies on development and advancement of nuclear energy technologies and infrastructure. It applies prospectively as of its effective date. The signature block is the fifth day of January 2026.
Not approved or still pending
The signature day is not stored as the effective date. The task force's later advice was not opened. The order does not permit a plant or appropriate money. No project is linked.
Dated lifecycle
- 5 Jan 2026 · actual · day · Signed — Signature block: the fifth day of January 2026. The order says it applies prospectively as of its effective date and does not say that day is the signature day. (Iowa Executive Order Number Seventeen)
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- Iowa Executive Order Number Seventeen (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-04)