Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
ADVANCE Act of 2024
Federal law enacted on 9 July 2024. The NRC applies its reduced advanced-reactor review rate from 1 October 2025. The Act does not license, fund or approve any particular reactor.
- Category
- Laws, rules and executive directives
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- statute · Pub. L. 118-67, division B (approved 9 July 2024)
- Issued by
- U.S. Congress
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- NRC review fees, NRC licensing
- In effect from
- 2024-07-09
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- Public Law 118-67, division B: ADVANCE Act of 2024 (GovInfo) (Public Law (GovInfo))
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-03 · 2027-01-15
Legal and geographic scope
Federal statute binding on the NRC. Section 201 requires reduced hourly review fees for eligible advanced nuclear reactor applicants and pre-applicants; other sections cover prizes and NRC licensing modernization.
Not approved or still pending
Eligibility for the reduced rate is decided per applicant by the NRC; no project's eligibility is recorded here.
Dated lifecycle
- 2024-07-09 · Enacted (Public Law 118-67, division B: ADVANCE Act of 2024 (GovInfo))
- 2025-10-01 · Provision took effect — NRC applies the reduced hourly rate ($148, against $318 full cost) from this date. (NRC: fees for advanced nuclear reactor applicants and pre-applicants)
Definitions in this instrument
- advanced nuclear reactor (Sec. 2): Takes the meaning given in section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (Pub. L. 115-439).
Legal definition used by this instrument only; SMRMap's inclusion rule for SMRs is separate and unchanged.
Related instruments
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
- Public Law 118-67, division B: ADVANCE Act of 2024 (GovInfo) (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)
- NRC: fees for advanced nuclear reactor applicants and pre-applicants (regulator_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)