Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4164: Nuclear Development Authority

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4164 creates the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority and states purposes that include advanced-nuclear-research reactors and isotope work. The opened powers do not include licensing a reactor. The text is not limited to small modular reactors. House Bill 33 itself was not opened.

Category: Laws, rules and executive directives
Status: In effect
Instrument: statute · Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 4164 (official compilation, sections effective 3 October 2023)
Issued by: Ohio General Assembly
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Affects: State programme administration
In effect from: 3 Oct 2023 · actual · day
Expiry or completion: None recorded
Operative text: Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4164 (Official chapter page, opened 4 October 2026)
Last checked · next review: 2026-10-04 · 2027-04-15

Legal and geographic scope

Official chapter page opened 4 October 2026. It displays sections 4164.01, 4164.02, 4164.04, 4164.05, 4164.051, 4164.053, 4164.07, 4164.08, 4164.10, 4164.11, 4164.12, 4164.13, 4164.15, 4164.16, 4164.18 and 4164.19. Each displayed section is marked effective 3 October 2023 under House Bill 33 of the 135th General Assembly. The chapter creates the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority inside the Department of Development. Its stated purposes are to be an information resource on advanced-nuclear-research reactors, isotopes and isotope technologies, and to pursue state leadership in development and construction of new-type advanced-nuclear-research reactors, in commercial isotope production and research, and in high-level-nuclear-waste reduction and storage technology. The opened powers are to adopt bylaws, adopt a strategic plan, foster partnerships, and identify education programs related to the isotope industry. Section 4164.15 directs work with industrial and academic institutions and the United States Department of Energy or branches of the United States military on commercialization of advanced-nuclear-reactor components. Section 4164.19 says the chapter does not supersede an agreement between the Department of Health and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 3748.03. The chapter does not issue a reactor license or a site certificate.

Not approved or still pending

House Bill 33's enrolled text was not opened. No appointment, strategic plan, annual report, appropriation or award was opened. Section 3748.03 was not opened. No project is linked. The chapter does not approve a reactor.

Dated lifecycle

3 Oct 2023 · actual · day · Took effect — The official chapter page marks each displayed section effective 3 October 2023 and names House Bill 33 of the 135th General Assembly. The enrolled bill was not opened. (Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4164)

Definitions in this instrument

Authority (Ohio Rev. Code § 4164.01): The Ohio nuclear development authority created and constituted under section 4164.04. The opened sections do not define advanced-nuclear-research reactor or advanced-nuclear-reactor.
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

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4164 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-04)