Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law)
Enacted law Source: Original editorial Original synthesis from primary government sources — not archive content.
- Law
- P.L. 117-58
- Bill / vehicle
- H.R.3684
- Status
- Enacted law
- Date
- Signed Nov. 15, 2021
- Administration
- Biden
- Topic
- Plant preservation; demonstration funding
- Sponsors
- Bipartisan infrastructure package
What it does
Put real money behind nuclear. Its Civil Nuclear Credit Program (~$6 billion) pays struggling existing reactors to stay open rather than close early; it funded the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (~$2.5 billion through FY2025, backing TerraPower and X-energy); and it required that at least one of its $8 billion in clean-hydrogen hubs use nuclear energy — opening a new revenue stream for reactors beyond selling electricity.
Why it matters
The Civil Nuclear Credit Program directly saved at-risk plants (notably helping keep California's Diablo Canyon running). This law shifted federal policy from regulating nuclear to actively financing it.
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