Raleigh, NC – October 15, 2025 – The NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) today announced the development of a new Nuclear Energy Policy Dataset, a tracking resource designed to provide timely and comprehensive insights into commercial nuclear energy policies and market actions across the United States.

Developed through the NCCETC’s DSIRE Insight, the Nuclear Energy Policy Dataset will serve energy industry professionals, policymakers, and stakeholders seeking to understand the evolving nuclear policy landscape amid growing interest in new nuclear advancements.

The data set will be published on a biannual basis, providing convenient, state-by-state coverage — including U.S. territories and federal actions — of the latest developments in nuclear energy policy and market trends. Content areas include:

• Recent legislative and regulatory actions
• Investor-owned utility nuclear resource planning
• Relevant studies and reports
• Federal and state incentives
• Nuclear energy targets, restrictions, and moratoria
• Major market announcements and actions

In addition, the dataset covers a broad range of topics, including licensing and permitting, recommissioning, market development, data centers, advanced fuels, waste treatment, project procurement and deployment, coal-to-nuclear conversion, workforce development, international nuclear cooperation, and more.

The first edition of the Nuclear Energy Policy Dataset includes actions across 50 states and one territory in 2025, and counting, highlighting the following trends:

• States are shifting from feasibility studies toward procurement, development, and deployment of new nuclear projects
• Movement away from moratoriums toward targeted exceptions and allowances
• Growing recognition of nuclear as a key resource to address projected load growth from data centers, new manufacturing, and electrification
• Expansion of incentives and streamlined permitting to accelerate early-stage project development
• Recommissioning of previously operating plants is emerging as a viable pathway to bridge the gap till the operation of new nuclear reactors

“State-level momentum in nuclear energy continues to build in 2025, making it essential to have clear, accessible tracking,” said Justin Lindemann, Senior Policy Analyst at NCCETC. “Federal leadership sparked this growth, and now state governments and utilities are driving new action nationwide that is gaining by the year.”

The Nuclear Energy Policy Dataset extends NCCETC’s policy tracking and analysis expertise, complementing DSIRE Insight’s comprehensive, timely, and actionable research on state, federal, and utility activities.

As of September 2025, the data sheet highlights the following actions within the nuclear energy industry this year:

• Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin have approved feasibility studies for advanced nuclear technologies.
• Investor-owned electric utilities in 9 states have filed resource plans identifying nuclear energy as a potential or preferred resource, with utilities in North Carolina and West Virginia following suit in early October.
• Nine states have enacted new or expanded incentives to support nuclear development.
• New Hampshire and Maine have recognized nuclear energy as a clean energy source, Connecticut has eased its nuclear moratorium, and Massachusetts is proposing to repeal its own.

For more information about the Nuclear Energy Policy Dataset or to learn how to access other DSIRE Insight services and products, please visit www.dsireinsight.com or contact dsire-admin@ncsu.edu.