Indiana Code 8-1-8.5-12.1: small modular nuclear reactor certificates

Indiana's definition and certificate framework for small modular reactors, amended in 2023. The current official code text was not retrieved; the agency copy read predates the 2023 amendment.

Category: Laws, rules and executive directives
Status: In effect
Instrument: statute · IC 8-1-8.5-12.1 (SEA 271 of 2022, amended by SEA 176 of 2023)
Issued by: Indiana General Assembly
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Affects: Utility cost recovery, State programme administration
In effect from: —
Expiry or completion: None recorded
Operative text: IURC copy of Indiana Code 8-1-8.5-12.1 (small modular nuclear reactors) (IURC agency copy (pre-2023 text))
Last checked · next review: 2026-10-03 · 2026-11-02

Legal and geographic scope

State law defining small modular nuclear reactors for Indiana utility certificates and requiring the IURC to adopt rules on certificates for building, buying or leasing them; NRC licensing remains required.

Not approved or still pending

Approves no reactor; a utility needs an IURC certificate and NRC licences for any project.

Dated lifecycle

2023-04-20 · Amended — SEA 176 signed; capacity limit raised to 470 MW. (Indiana Senate Majority Caucus: SEA 176 signed (20 Apr 2023))

Definitions in this instrument

small modular nuclear reactor (IC 8-1-8.5-12.1(a)): In the agency copy read (text before the 2023 amendment): a reactor of not more than 350 MW that can be built and operated alone or with similar reactors at one site and is required to be licensed by the NRC. The Senate Majority Caucus reports that SEA 176 (2023) raised the limit to 470 MW. The current official text was not read, so the operative limit is unresolved here.
Legal definition used by this instrument only; SMRMap's inclusion rule for SMRs is separate and unchanged.

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

IURC copy of Indiana Code 8-1-8.5-12.1 (small modular nuclear reactors) (regulator_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)
Indiana Senate Majority Caucus: SEA 176 signed (20 Apr 2023) (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)