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Assembly Bill A10027

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York advanced nuclear energy office

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2025-A10027 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 13 §§1349-a - 1349-g, Pub Auth L; amd §§58-0701 & 58-0703, En Con L; add §97-n, St Fin L

2025-A10027 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York advanced nuclear energy office; establishes an advanced nuclear energy development fund to provide grants to assist in nuclear energy production in the state; authorizes such energy development fund draw from the environmental bond act of 2022 available for green buildings projects.

2025-A10027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10027
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the environmental  conserva-
   tion  law  and  the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
   New York advanced nuclear energy office  within  the  New  York  state
   power  authority  in  consultation  with  the  New  York  state energy
   research and development authority and creating a  New  York  advanced
   nuclear  development  fund to support advanced nuclear projects in New
   York state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Article  5  of  the  public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new title 13 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 13
                  NEW YORK ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY OFFICE
 SECTION 1349-A. DEFINITIONS.
         1349-B. NEW YORK ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY OFFICE ESTABLISHED.
         1349-C. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
         1349-D. NUCLEAR PERMITTING COORDINATOR.
         1349-E. NEW YORK ADVANCED NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT FUND.
         1349-F. DESCRIPTION OF ESTABLISHED GRANTS.
         1349-G. GRANT APPLICATION EVALUATION.
   § 1349-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "ADVANCED  NUCLEAR  PROJECT" MEANS AN ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITY
 THAT RELIES ON AN ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR TO GENERATE POWER, STEAM,  OR
 HEAT, A NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE FACILITY THAT SUPPLIES ADVANCED NUCLEAR REAC-
 TORS,  OR ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING THE ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY
 INDUSTRY.
   2. "ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR" MEANS A RANGE OF NUCLEAR  REACTOR  TECH-
 NOLOGIES  DETERMINED BY THE REGULATORY COMMISSION TO BE EITHER OF GENER-
 ATION III+ OR GENERATION IV, INCLUDING LARGE LIGHT WATER REACTORS, SMALL
 MODULAR REACTORS, MICROREACTORS, AND NUCLEAR COGENERATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14129-03-5
              

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