Legislation has been agreed to reform reactor licensing at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to promote a streamlined regulatory framework for advanced reactor development.

The legislation has been verbally agreed between representatives of the two branches of the US legislature, the Senate and the House of Representatives, according to press reports from 16 April.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee have been in discussions for a number of weeks in efforts to reconcile two separate pieces of legislation on the issue, according to a report in Politico on 16 April.