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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3565
Sponsored by Representative EDWARDS
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Allows the siting of a power plant that uses one or more small modular reactors. Ex-
empts the siting from certain conditions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2).
Allows the siting and operation of a small modular reactor energy facility without requiring that
there be a licensed repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste or that the proposed
site certificate for the small modular reactor energy facility be submitted to the electors of this state
for their approval or rejection.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to small modular reactor energy facilities.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 469.590 to
469.601.
SECTION 2.(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Small modular reactor” means an advanced nuclear reactor:
(A) With a nameplate capacity of 300 electrical megawatts or less;
(B) That is made up of components that are factory fabricated and transported to lo-
cation for on-site assembly; and
(C) That may be constructed and operated in combination with similar reactors at a
singlesite.
(b) “Small modular reactor energy facility” means an energy facility that produces power
from using one or more small modular reactors at a single site.
(2) ORS 469.595, 469.597 and 469.599 do not apply to a small modular reactor energy fa-
cility.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 4371