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Calendar No. 598 116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. 4897 To reestablish United States global leadership in nuclear energy, revitalize
domestic nuclear energy supply chain infrastructure, support the licensing
of advanced nuclear technologies, and improve the regulation of nuclear
energy, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BOOKER, and
Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Reported by Mr. BARRASSO, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL To reestablish United States global leadership in nuclear
energy, revitalize domestic nuclear energy supply chain
infrastructure, support the licensing of advanced nuclear
technologies, and improve the regulation of nuclear en-
ergy, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
‘‘American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020’’. 3
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4
this Act is as follows: 5
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—REESTABLISHING AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
Sec. 101. International nuclear reactor export and innovation activities.
Sec. 102. Denial of certain domestic licenses for national security purposes.
TITLE II—EXPANDING NUCLEAR ENERGY THROUGH ADVANCED
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES
Sec. 201. Advanced nuclear reactor project environmental reviews.
Sec. 202. Advanced nuclear reactor prizes.
Sec. 203. New nuclear energy project application reviews.
Sec. 204. Report on unique licensing considerations relating to the use of nu-
clear energy for nonelectric applications.
Sec. 205. Enabling preparations for the demonstration of advanced nuclear re-
actors on Department sites.
Sec. 206. Regulatory requirements for micro-reactors.
TITLE III—PRESERVING EXISTING NUCLEAR ENERGY
GENERATION
Sec. 301. Nuclear reactor incentives.
Sec. 302. Report on lessons learned during the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency.
Sec. 303. Investment by allies.
TITLE IV—REVITALIZING AMERICA’S NUCLEAR SUPPLY CHAIN
INFRASTRUCTURE
Sec. 401. Advanced nuclear fuel approval.
Sec. 402. National strategic uranium reserve.
Sec. 403. Report on advanced methods of manufacturing and construction for
nuclear energy applications.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 501. Nuclear energy workforce development.
Sec. 502. Annual report on the spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste inventory in the United States.
Sec. 503. Authorization of appropriations for superfund actions at abandoned
mining sites on Tribal land.
Sec. 504. Technical correction.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1
In this Act: 2
(1) ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL.—The term 3
‘‘accident tolerant fuel’’ has the meaning given the 4
term in section 107(a) of the Nuclear Energy Inno-5
vation and Modernization Act (Public Law 115–439; 6
132 Stat. 5577). 7
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-8
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-9
mental Protection Agency. 10
(3) ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term 11
‘‘advanced nuclear fuel’’ means— 12
(A) advanced nuclear reactor fuel (as de-13
fined in section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Inno-14
vation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 15
note; Public Law 115–439)); and 16
(B) accident tolerant fuel. 17
(4) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 18
‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ has the meaning given 19
the term in section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Innova-20
tion and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 note; 21
Public Law 115–439). 22
(5) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON-23
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-24
gress’’ means— 25
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(A) the Committee on Environment and 1
Public Works of the Senate; and 2
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-3
merce of the House of Representatives. 4
(6) CHAIRMAN.—The term ‘‘Chairman’’ means 5
the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-6
sion. 7
(7) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 8
means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 9
(8) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 10
means the Department of Energy. 11
(9) EARLY SITE PERMIT.—The term ‘‘early site 12
permit’’ has the meaning given the term in section 13
52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 14
successor regulation). 15
(10) HIGH-ASSAY, LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.— 16
The term ‘‘high-assay, low-enriched uranium’’ means 17
uranium with an assay greater than 5 weight per-18
cent, but less than 20 weight percent, of the ura-19
nium-235 isotope. 20
(11) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 21
The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 22
meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 23
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 24
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(12) MICRO-REACTOR.—The term ‘‘micro-reac-1
tor’’ means an advanced nuclear reactor that has a 2
power production capacity that is not greater than 3
20 megawatts. 4
(13) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-5
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 6
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 7
U.S.C. 15801). 8
(14) REMOVAL; REMEDIAL ACTION.—The terms 9
‘‘removal’’ and ‘‘remedial action’’ have the meanings 10
given those terms in section 101 of the Comprehen-11
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 12
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601). 13
(15) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 14
means the Secretary of Energy. 15
(16) TRIBAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Tribal land’’ 16
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian country’’ in 17
section 1151 of title 18, United States Code. 18
TITLE I—REESTABLISHING 19
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 20
COMPETITIVENESS AND 21
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP 22
SEC. 101. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR EXPORT 23
AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES. 24
(a) COORDINATION.— 25
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall— 1
(A) coordinate all work of the Commission 2
relating to— 3
(i) nuclear reactor import and export 4
licensing; and 5
(ii) international regulatory coopera-6
tion and assistance relating to nuclear re-7
actors, including with countries that are 8
members of the Organisation for Economic 9
Co-operation and Development; and 10
(B) support interagency and international 11
coordination with respect to— 12
(i) the consideration of international 13
technical standards to establish the licens-14
ing and regulatory basis to assist the de-15
sign, construction, and operation of nu-16
clear systems; 17
(ii) efforts to help build competent nu-18
clear regulatory organizations and legal 19
frameworks in countries seeking to develop 20
nuclear power; and 21
(iii) exchange programs and training 22
provided to other countries relating to nu-23
clear regulation and oversight to improve 24
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nuclear technology licensing, in accordance 1
with paragraph (2). 2
(2) EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND TRAINING.— 3
With respect to the exchange programs and training 4
described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), the Commission 5
shall coordinate, as applicable, with— 6
(A) the Secretary; 7
(B) National Laboratories; 8
(C) the private sector; and 9
(D) institutions of higher education. 10
(b) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH BRANCH.—The Com-11
mission may establish within the Office of International 12
Programs a branch, to be known as the ‘‘International 13
Nuclear Reactor Export and Innovation Branch’’, to carry 14
out such international nuclear reactor export and innova-15
tion activities as the Commission determines to be appro-16
priate and within the mission of the Commission. 17
(c) EXCLUSION OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES 18
FROM THE FEE BASE.— 19
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Nuclear 20
Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 21
U.S.C. 2215) is amended— 22
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 23
the following: 24
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‘‘(4) INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR EX-1
PORT AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.—The Commis-2
sion shall identify in the annual budget justification 3
international nuclear reactor export and innovation 4
activities described in section 101(a) of the Amer-5
ican Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020.’’; and 6
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by adding at 7
the end the following: 8
‘‘(iv) Costs for international nuclear 9
reactor export and innovation activities de-10
scribed in section 101(a) of the American 11
Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020.’’. 12
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 13
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 14
2021. 15
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section alters 16
the authority of the Commission to license and regulate 17
the civilian use of radioactive materials. 18
SEC. 102. DENIAL OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC LICENSES FOR 19
NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES. 20
(a) DEFINITION OF COVERED FUEL.—In this sec-21
tion, the term ‘‘covered fuel’’ means enriched uranium 22
that is fabricated into fuel assemblies for nuclear reactors 23
by an entity that— 24
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(1) is owned or controlled by the Government of 1
the Russian Federation or the Government of the 2
People’s Republic of China; or 3
(2) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise 4
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation 5
or the People’s Republic of China. 6
(b) PROHIBITION ON UNLICENSED POSSESSION OR 7
OWNERSHIP OF COVERED FUEL.—Unless specifically au-8
thorized by the Commission in a license issued under sec-9
tion 53 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 10
2073) and part 70 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 11
(or successor regulations), no person subject to the juris-12
diction of the Commission may possess or own covered 13
fuel. 14
(c) LICENSE TO POSSESS OR OWN COVERED 15
FUEL.— 16
(1) CONSULTATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO 17
ISSUANCE.—The Commission shall not issue a li-18
cense to possess or own covered fuel under section 19
53 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 20
2073) and part 70 of title 10, Code of Federal Reg-21
ulations (or successor regulations), unless the Com-22
mission has first consulted with the Secretary and 23
the Secretary of State before issuing the license. 24
(2) PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.— 25
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-1
graph (C), a license to possess or own covered 2
fuel shall not be issued if the Secretary and the 3
Secretary of State make the determination de-4
scribed in subparagraph (B). 5
(B) DETERMINATION.— 6
(i) IN GENERAL.—The determination 7
referred to in subparagraph (A) is a deter-8
mination that possession or ownership, as 9
applicable, of covered fuel poses a threat to 10
the national security of the United States 11
that adversely impacts the physical and 12
economic security of the United States. 13
(ii) JOINT DETERMINATION.—A deter-14
mination described in clause (i) shall be 15
jointly made by the Secretary and the Sec-16
retary of State. 17
(iii) TIMELINE.— 18
(I) NOTICE OF APPLICATION.— 19
Not later than 30 days after the date 20
on which the Commission receives an 21
application for a license to possess or 22
own covered fuel, the Commission 23
shall notify the Secretary and the Sec-24
retary of State of the application. 25
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(II) DETERMINATION.—The Sec-1
retary and the Secretary of State shall 2
have a period of 120 days, beginning 3
on the date on which the Commission 4
notifies the Secretary and the Sec-5
retary of State under subclause (I) of 6
an application for a license to possess 7
or own covered fuel, in which to make 8
the determination described in clause 9
(i). 10
(III) COMMISSION NOTIFICA-11
TION.—On making the determination 12
described in clause (i), the Secretary 13
and the Secretary of State shall im-14
mediately notify the Commission. 15
(IV) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA-16
TION.—Not later than 30 days after 17
the date on which the Secretary and 18
the Secretary of State notify the Com-19
mission under subclause (III), the 20
Commission shall notify the appro-21
priate committees of Congress of the 22
determination. 23
(V) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later 24
than 15 days after the date on which 25
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the Commission notifies Congress 1
under subclause (IV) of a determina-2
tion made under clause (i), the Com-3
mission shall make that determination 4
publicly available. 5
(C) EFFECT OF NO DETERMINATION.— 6
The prohibition described in subparagraph (A) 7
shall not apply if the Secretary and the Sec-8
retary of State do not make the determination 9
described in subparagraph (B) by the date de-10
scribed in clause (iii)(II) of that subparagraph. 11
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section alters 12
any treaty or international agreement in effect on the date 13
of enactment of this Act. 14
TITLE II—EXPANDING NUCLEAR 15
ENERGY THROUGH AD-16
VANCED NUCLEAR TECH-17
NOLOGIES 18
SEC. 201. ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR PROJECT ENVI-19
RONMENTAL REVIEWS. 20
(a) DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROC-21
ESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘environmental review 22
process’’ means the environmental review activities carried 23
out by the Commission pursuant to part 51 of title 10, 24
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 25
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 1
on which the Commission issues the third operating or 2
combined license for an advanced nuclear reactor, the 3
Commission shall submit to the appropriate committees 4
of Congress a report that— 5
(1) describes— 6
(A) any differences between the environ-7
mental review process for nuclear reactors li-8
censed and in operation as of the date of enact-9
ment of this Act and the environmental review 10
process for advanced nuclear reactors; 11
(B) ways in which the environmental re-12
view process for advanced nuclear reactors 13
could be improved by reducing or eliminating 14
duplicative requirements or requirements that 15
are not applicable to advanced nuclear reactor 16
designs; and 17
(C) ways in which environmental regula-18
tions other than those promulgated under the 19
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 20
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) could be integrated into 21
the environmental review process for advanced 22
nuclear reactors to reduce the environmental 23
impacts of advanced nuclear reactors; and 24
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(2) includes an assessment by the Commission 1
of whether it would be beneficial— 2
(A) to revise the applicable environmental 3
review process for advanced nuclear reactors; or 4
(B) to promulgate new regulations to es-5
tablish a technology inclusive, risk-informed en-6
vironmental review process for advanced nuclear 7
reactors. 8
SEC. 202. ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR PRIZES. 9
Section 103 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and 10
Modernization Act (Public Law 115–439; 132 Stat. 5571) 11
is amended by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(f) PRIZES FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR LI-13
CENSING.— 14
‘‘(1) PRIZE FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR 15
LICENSING.— 16
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail-17
ability of appropriations, the Secretary is au-18
thorized to make, with respect to each award 19
category described in subparagraph (C), an 20
award in an amount described in subparagraph 21
(B) to the first non-Federal entity to which the 22
Commission issues— 23
‘‘(i) an operating license for an ad-24
vanced nuclear reactor under part 50 of 25
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title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 1
successor regulations), for which an appli-2
cation has not been approved by the Com-3
mission as of the date of enactment of this 4
subsection; or 5
‘‘(ii) a finding required under section 6
52.103(g) of title 10, Code of Federal Reg-7
ulations (or successor regulations), for a 8
combined license for an advanced nuclear 9
reactor— 10
‘‘(I) that is issued under subpart 11
C of part 52 that title (or successor 12
regulations); and 13
‘‘(II) for which an application 14
has not been approved by the Com-15
mission as of the date of enactment of 16
this subsection. 17
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—An award 18
under subparagraph (A) shall be in an amount 19
equal to the total amount assessed by the Com-20
mission and collected under section 102(b)(2) 21
from the entity receiving the award for costs re-22
lating to the issuance of the license described in 23
that subparagraph, including, as applicable, 24
costs relating to the issuance of an associated 25
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construction permit described in section 50.23 1
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-2
cessor regulations), or early site permit (as de-3
fined in section 52.1 of that title (or successor 4
regulations)). 5
‘‘(C) AWARD CATEGORIES.—An award 6
under subparagraph (A) may be made for— 7
‘‘(i) the first advanced nuclear reactor 8
for which the Commission issues— 9
‘‘(I) a license in accordance with 10
clause (i) of subparagraph (A); or 11
‘‘(II) a finding in accordance 12
with clause (ii) of that subparagraph; 13
‘‘(ii) an advanced nuclear reactor 14
that— 15
‘‘(I) uses isotopes derived from 16
spent nuclear fuel (as defined in sec-17
tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy 18
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)) or 19
depleted uranium as fuel for the ad-20
vanced nuclear reactor; and 21
‘‘(II) is the first advanced nu-22
clear reactor described in subclause 23
(I) for which the Commission issues— 24
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‘‘(aa) a license in accordance 1
with clause (i) of subparagraph 2
(A); or 3
‘‘(bb) a finding in accord-4
ance with clause (ii) of that sub-5
paragraph; and 6
‘‘(iii) an advanced nuclear reactor 7
that— 8
‘‘(I) operates flexibly to generate 9
electricity or high temperature process 10
heat for nonelectric applications; and 11
‘‘(II) is the first advanced nu-12
clear reactor described in subclause 13
(I) for which the Commission issues— 14
‘‘(aa) a license in accordance 15
with clause (i) of subparagraph 16
(A); or 17
‘‘(bb) a finding in accord-18
ance with clause (ii) of that sub-19
paragraph. 20
‘‘(2) FEDERAL FUNDING LIMITATION.—An 21
award under this subsection shall not exceed the 22
total amount expended (excluding any expenditures 23
made with Federal funds received for the applicable 24
project and an amount equal to the minimum cost- 25
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share required under section 988 of the Energy Pol-1
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352)) by the entity re-2
ceiving the award for licensing costs relating to the 3
project for which the award is made.’’. 4
SEC. 203. NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY PROJECT APPLICATION 5
REVIEWS. 6
(a) PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION, OR FUEL FACILITY 7
LOCATED AT AN EXISTING SITE.—In reviewing an appli-8
cation for an early site permit, construction permit, oper-9
ating license, or combined construction permit and oper-10
ating license for a production, utilization, or fuel facility 11
located at the site of a licensed production, utilization, or 12
fuel facility, the Commission, to the maximum extent prac-13
ticable, shall use information that was part of the licensing 14
basis of the licensed production, utilization, or fuel facility. 15
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this 16
section exempts the Commission from any requirement to 17
be fully compliant with section 102(2)(C) of the National 18
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 19
4332(2)(C)). 20
(c) USE OF NEW INFORMATION AND ANALYSES.— 21
Nothing in this section precludes the Commission from 22
using new information or new scientific or technical anal-23
yses that are applicable to the review of an application 24
described in subsection (a). 25
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SEC. 204. REPORT ON UNIQUE LICENSING CONSIDER-1
ATIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF NUCLEAR 2
ENERGY FOR NONELECTRIC APPLICATIONS. 3
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 4
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall sub-5
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 6
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘report’’) addressing any 7
unique licensing issues or requirements relating to— 8
(1) the flexible operation of nuclear reactors, 9
such as ramping power output and switching be-10
tween electricity generation and nonelectric applica-11
tions; 12
(2) the use of advanced nuclear reactors exclu-13
sively for nonelectric applications; and 14
(3) the colocation of nuclear reactors with in-15
dustrial plants or other facilities. 16
(b) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In developing the report, 17
the Commission shall seek input from— 18
(1) the Secretary; 19
(2) the nuclear energy industry; 20
(3) technology developers; 21
(4) the industrial, chemical, and medical sec-22
tors; 23
(5) nongovernmental organizations; and 24
(6) other public stakeholders. 25
(c) CONTENTS.— 26
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The report shall describe— 1
(A) any unique licensing issues or require-2
ments relating to the matters described in para-3
graphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a), in-4
cluding, with respect to the nonelectric applica-5
tions referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 6
that subsection, any licensing issues or require-7
ments relating to the use of nuclear energy in— 8
(i) hydrogen or other liquid and gas-9
eous fuel or chemical production; 10
(ii) water desalination and wastewater 11
treatment; 12
(iii) heat for industrial processes; 13
(iv) district heating; 14
(v) energy storage; 15
(vi) industrial or medical isotope pro-16
duction; and 17
(vii) other applications, as identified 18
by the Commission; 19
(B) options for addressing those issues or 20
requirements— 21
(i) within the existing regulatory 22
framework; 23
(ii) as part of the technology-inclusive 24
regulatory framework required under sub-25
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section (a)(4) of section 103 of the Nuclear 1
Energy Innovation and Modernization Act 2
(42 U.S.C. 2133 note; Public Law 115– 3
439) or described in the report required 4
under subsection (e) of that section (Public 5
Law 115–439; 132 Stat. 5575); or 6
(iii) through a new rulemaking; and 7
(C) the extent to which Commission action 8
is needed to implement any matter described in 9
the report. 10
(2) COST ESTIMATES, BUDGETS, AND TIME-11
FRAMES.—The report shall include cost estimates, 12
proposed budgets, and proposed timeframes for im-13
plementing risk-informed and performance-based 14
regulatory guidance in the licensing of nuclear reac-15
tors for nonelectric applications. 16
SEC. 205. ENABLING PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEMONSTRA-17
TION OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS ON 18
DEPARTMENT SITES. 19
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(b)(1)(B) of the Nu-20
clear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 21
U.S.C. 2215(b)(1)(B)) (as amended by section 101(c)) is 22
amended by adding at the end the following: 23
‘‘(v) Costs for— 24
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‘‘(I) activities to review and ap-1
prove or disapprove an application for 2
an early site permit (as defined in sec-3
tion 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal 4
Regulations (or a successor regula-5
tion)) to demonstrate an advanced nu-6
clear reactor on a Department of En-7
ergy site; and 8
‘‘(II) pre-application activities re-9
lating to an early site permit (as so 10
defined) to demonstrate an advanced 11
nuclear reactor on a Department of 12
Energy site.’’. 13
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 14
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2021. 15
SEC. 206. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR MICRO-REAC-16
TORS. 17
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall develop 18
risk-informed and performance-based strategies and guid-19
ance to support a timely and efficient licensing and regu-20
latory process for micro-reactors that takes into consider-21
ation— 22
(1) the unique characteristics of micro-reactors; 23
and 24
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(2) the development timeframes of micro-reac-1
tors. 2
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Commission shall im-3
plement the strategies and guidance developed under sub-4
section (a)— 5
(1) not later than the date on which the tech-6
nology-inclusive regulatory framework required 7
under section 103(a)(4) of the Nuclear Energy Inno-8
vation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2133 note; 9
Public Law 115–439) is established; and 10
(2) in a manner that is consistent with that 11
technology-inclusive regulatory framework. 12
TITLE III—PRESERVING EXIST-13
ING NUCLEAR ENERGY GEN-14
ERATION 15
SEC. 301. NUCLEAR REACTOR INCENTIVES. 16
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 17
(1) as of December 31, 2019, 96 nuclear reac-18
tors provided approximately 20 percent of the elec-19
tricity used in the United States and more than 55 20
percent of the carbon-free, clean energy used in the 21
United States; 22
(2) from 2013 through September 2020, 11 nu-23
clear reactors ceased operation prior to the end of 24
the operating licenses of those reactors; 25
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(3) as of September 2020, an additional 8 nu-1
clear reactors are scheduled to cease operations by 2
2025; 3
(4) 25 percent, or more, of the nuclear reactors 4
in the current nuclear fleet, primarily in the com-5
petitive electricity market, are projected to cease op-6
erations prior to the end of the operating licenses of 7
those reactors; 8
(5) emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, 9
sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and hazardous air 10
pollutants typically increase when a nuclear reactor 11
ceases operations; and 12
(6) a program to incentivize nuclear energy 13
generation to avoid emissions of carbon dioxide, ni-14
trogen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and 15
hazardous air pollutants offers substantial environ-16
mental benefits to the United States. 17
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
(1) CERTIFIED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 19
‘‘certified nuclear reactor’’ means a nuclear reactor 20
that— 21
(A) operates in a competitive electricity 22
market; and 23
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(B) is certified under subsection 1
(d)(2)(A)(i) to submit a sealed bid in accord-2
ance with subsection (e). 3
(2) CREDIT.—The term ‘‘credit’’ means a credit 4
allocated to a certified nuclear reactor under sub-5
section (f)(2). 6
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-7
trator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish 8
an emissions avoidance program— 9
(1) to evaluate nuclear reactors that are pro-10
jected to cease operations due to economic factors; 11
and 12
(2) to allocate credits to certified nuclear reac-13
tors that are selected under paragraph (1)(B) of 14
subsection (f) to receive credits under paragraph (2) 15
of that subsection. 16
(d) CERTIFICATION.— 17
(1) APPLICATION.— 18
(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to be certified 19
under paragraph (2)(A)(i), the owner or oper-20
ator of a nuclear reactor that is projected to 21
cease operations due to economic factors shall 22
submit to the Administrator an application at 23
such time, in such manner, and containing such 24
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information as the Administrator determines to 1
be appropriate, including— 2
(i) information on the operating costs 3
necessary to make the examination de-4
scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(II), includ-5
ing— 6
(I) the average annual operating 7
loss per megawatt-hour expected to be 8
incurred by the nuclear reactor over 9
the 2-year period for which credits 10
would be allocated; 11
(II) any private or publicly avail-12
able data with respect to current or 13
projected bulk power market prices; 14
(III) out-of-market revenue 15
streams; 16
(IV) operations and maintenance 17
costs; 18
(V) capital costs, including fuel; 19
and 20
(VI) operational and market 21
risks; 22
(ii) an estimate of the potential incre-23
mental emissions of carbon dioxide, nitro-24
gen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate mat-25
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ter, and hazardous air pollutants that 1
would result if the nuclear reactor were to 2
cease operations; 3
(iii) information on the source of re-4
covered uranium and the location where 5
the uranium is converted, enriched, and 6
fabricated into fuel assemblies for the nu-7
clear reactor for the 2-year period for 8
which credits would be allocated; and 9
(iv) a detailed plan to sustain oper-10
ations at the conclusion of the applicable 11
2-year period for which credits would be 12
allocated— 13
(I) without receiving additional 14
credits; or 15
(II) with the receipt of additional 16
credits of a lower amount than the 17
credits allocated during that 2-year 18
credit period. 19
(B) TIMELINE.—The Administrator shall 20
accept applications described in subparagraph 21
(A)— 22
(i) until the date that is 120 days 23
after the date of enactment of this Act; 24
and 25
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(ii) not less frequently than every 2 1
years thereafter. 2
(2) DETERMINATION TO CERTIFY.— 3
(A) DETERMINATION.— 4
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 5
days after the applicable date under sub-6
paragraph (B) of paragraph (1), the Ad-7
ministrator, in consultation with the Sec-8
retary, shall determine whether to certify, 9
in accordance with clauses (ii) and (iii), 10
each nuclear reactor for which an applica-11
tion is submitted under subparagraph (A) 12
of that paragraph. 13
(ii) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—To 14
the maximum extent practicable, the Ad-15
ministrator, in consultation with the Sec-16
retary, shall only certify a nuclear reactor 17
under clause (i) if— 18
(I) the nuclear reactor has a 19
good safety record, as determined by 20
the Action Matrix of the Commission 21
or the Performance Indicators of the 22
Reactor Oversight Process, such that 23
the nuclear reactor falls under the ‘‘li-24
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censee response’’ column indicating no 1
current significant safety issues; 2
(II) after considering the infor-3
mation submitted under paragraph 4
(1)(A)(i), the Administrator deter-5
mines that the nuclear reactor is pro-6
jected to cease operations due to eco-7
nomic factors; and 8
(III) after considering the esti-9
mate submitted under paragraph 10
(1)(A)(ii), the Administrator deter-11
mines that emissions of carbon diox-12
ide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, 13
particulate matter, and hazardous air 14
pollutants would increase if the nu-15
clear reactor were to cease operations 16
and be replaced with other types of 17
power generation. 18
(iii) PRIORITY.—In determining 19
whether to certify a nuclear reactor under 20
clause (i), the Administrator, in consulta-21
tion with the Secretary, shall give priority 22
to a nuclear reactor that uses uranium 23
that is recovered, converted, enriched, and 24
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fabricated into fuel assemblies in the 1
United States. 2
(B) NOTICE.—For each application re-3
ceived under paragraph (1)(A), the Adminis-4
trator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall 5
provide to the applicable owner or operator, as 6
applicable— 7
(i) a notice of the certification of the 8
applicable nuclear reactor; or 9
(ii) a notice that describes the reasons 10
why the certification of the applicable nu-11
clear reactor was denied. 12
(e) BIDDING PROCESS.— 13
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 14
the Administrator shall establish a deadline by which 15
each certified nuclear reactor shall submit to the Ad-16
ministrator a sealed bid that— 17
(A) describes the price per megawatt-hour 18
required to maintain operations of the certified 19
nuclear reactor during the 2-year period for 20
which the certified nuclear reactor would receive 21
credits; and 22
(B) includes a commitment, subject to the 23
receipt of credits, to provide a specific number 24
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of megawatt-hours of generation during the 2- 1
year period for which credits would be allocated. 2
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The deadline established 3
under paragraph (1) shall be not later than 30 days 4
after the first date on which the Administrator has 5
made the determination described in paragraph 6
(2)(A)(i) of subsection (d) with respect to each ap-7
plication submitted under paragraph (1)(A) of that 8
subsection. 9
(f) ALLOCATION.— 10
(1) AUCTION.—The Administrator, in consulta-11
tion with the Secretary, shall— 12
(A) in consultation with the heads of appli-13
cable Federal agencies, establish a process for 14
evaluating bids submitted under subsection 15
(e)(1) through an auction process; and 16
(B) select certified nuclear reactors to be 17
allocated credits. 18
(2) CREDITS.—Subject to subsection (g)(2), on 19
selection under paragraph (1), a certified nuclear re-20
actor shall be allocated credits for a 2-year period 21
beginning on the date of the selection. 22
(3) REQUIREMENT.—To the maximum extent 23
practicable, the Administrator shall use the amounts 24
made available for credits under this section to allo-25
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cate credits to as many certified nuclear reactors as 1
possible. 2
(g) RENEWAL.— 3
(1) IN GENERAL.—The owner or operator of a 4
certified nuclear reactor may seek to recertify the 5
nuclear reactor in accordance with this section. 6
(2) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other 7
provision of this section, the Administrator may not 8
allocate any credits after September 30, 2030. 9
(h) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 10
(1) AUDIT.—During the 2-year period begin-11
ning on the date on which a certified nuclear reactor 12
first receives a credit, the Administrator, in con-13
sultation with the Secretary, shall periodically audit 14
the certified nuclear reactor. 15
(2) RECAPTURE.—The Administrator shall, by 16
regulation, provide for the recapture of the alloca-17
tion of any credit to a certified nuclear reactor that, 18
during the period described in paragraph (1)— 19
(A) terminates operations; or 20
(B) does not operate at an annual loss in 21
the absence of an allocation of credits to the 22
certified nuclear reactor. 23
(3) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Administrator, in 24
consultation with the Secretary, shall establish pro-25
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cedures to ensure that any confidential, private, pro-1
prietary, or privileged information that is included in 2
a sealed bid submitted under this section is not pub-3
licly disclosed or otherwise improperly used. 4
(i) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, the 5
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 6
Congress a report with respect to the credits allocated to 7
certified nuclear reactors, which shall include— 8
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 9
credits in avoiding emissions of carbon dioxide, ni-10
trogen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and 11
hazardous air pollutants while ensuring grid reli-12
ability; 13
(2) a quantification of the ratepayer savings 14
achieved under this section; and 15
(3) any recommendations to renew or expand 16
the credits. 17
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 18
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-19
essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 20
2021 through 2030. 21
SEC. 302. REPORT ON LESSONS LEARNED DURING THE 22
COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 23
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 24
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall sub-25
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mit to the appropriate committees of Congress and make 1
publicly available a report on actions taken by the Com-2
mission during the public health emergency declared by 3
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-4
tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 5
247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. 6
(b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 7
shall include— 8
(1) an identification of the processes, proce-9
dures, and other regulatory policies that were re-10
vised or temporarily suspended during the public 11
health emergency described in subsection (a); 12
(2) a review of actions, if any, taken by the 13
Commission that examines how any revision or tem-14
porary suspension of a process, procedure, or other 15
regulatory policy identified under paragraph (1) may 16
or may not have compromised the ability of the 17
Commission to license and regulate the civilian use 18
of radioactive materials in the United States to pro-19
tect public health and safety, promote the common 20
defense and security, and protect the environment; 21
(3) a description of any process efficiencies or 22
challenges that resulted from the matters identified 23
under paragraph (1); 24
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(4) a discussion of lessons learned from the 1
matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); 2
(5) a list of actions that the Commission may 3
take to incorporate into the licensing activities and 4
regulations of the Commission— 5
(A) the lessons described in paragraph (4); 6
and 7
(B) the information provided under para-8
graphs (2) and (3); and 9
(6) a description of when the actions described 10
in paragraph (5) may be implemented. 11
SEC. 303. INVESTMENT BY ALLIES. 12
(a) IN GENERAL.—The prohibitions against issuing 13
certain licenses for utilization facilities to certain corpora-14
tions and other entities described in the second sentence 15
of section 103 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 16
U.S.C. 2133(d)) and the second sentence of section 104 17
d. of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) shall not apply to an 18
entity described in subsection (b) if the Commission deter-19
mines that issuance of the applicable license to that entity 20
is not inimical to— 21
(1) the common defense and security; or 22
(2) the health and safety of the public. 23
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(b) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—An entity referred to in 1
subsection (a) is a corporation or other entity that is 2
owned, controlled, or dominated by— 3
(1) the government of— 4
(A) a country that is a member of the 5
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 6
(B) Japan; or 7
(C) the Republic of Korea; 8
(2) a corporation that is incorporated in a 9
country described in any of subparagraphs (A) 10
through (C) of paragraph (1); or 11
(3) an alien who is a national of a country de-12
scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 13
paragraph (1). 14
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 103 d. of the 15
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is 16
amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘any any’’ 17
and inserting ‘‘any’’. 18
TITLE IV—REVITALIZING AMER-19
ICA’S NUCLEAR SUPPLY 20
CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE 21
SEC. 401. ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL APPROVAL. 22
(a) AGENCY COORDINATION.— 23
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 24
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman and 25
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the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of un-1
derstanding relating to advanced nuclear fuels. 2
(2) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CON-3
TENTS.—The memorandum of understanding en-4
tered into under paragraph (1) shall require the De-5
partment and the Commission to coordinate, as ap-6
propriate— 7
(A) to ensure that the Department has 8
sufficient technical expertise to support the 9
timely research, development, demonstration, 10
and commercial application by the civilian nu-11
clear industry of innovative advanced nuclear 12
fuels, including by facilitating the development 13
and sharing of criticality benchmark data to 14
support— 15
(i) the licensing of fuel enrichment, 16
deconversion, and fabrication facilities 17
for— 18
(I) advanced nuclear fuels con-19
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-20
nium with an assay greater than 5 21
weight percent, but less than 10 22
weight percent, of the uranium-235 23
isotope; and 24
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(II) advanced nuclear fuels con-1
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-2
nium with an assay greater than or 3
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 4
than 20 weight percent, of the ura-5
nium-235 isotope; and 6
(ii) the certification of transportation 7
packages for— 8
(I) advanced nuclear fuels con-9
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-10
nium with an assay greater than 5 11
weight percent, but less than 10 12
weight percent, of the uranium-235 13
isotope; and 14
(II) advanced nuclear fuels con-15
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-16
nium with an assay greater than or 17
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 18
than 20 weight percent, of the ura-19
nium-235 isotope; 20
(B) to ensure that the Commission has 21
sufficient technical expertise to support the 22
evaluation of advanced nuclear fuels; 23
(C) to identify methods to improve the use 24
of computers and software codes to calculate 25
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the behavior and performance of advanced nu-1
clear fuels based on mathematical models of the 2
physical behavior of advanced nuclear fuels; 3
(D) to ensure that the Department main-4
tains and develops the facilities necessary to en-5
able the timely research, development, dem-6
onstration, and commercial application by the 7
civilian nuclear industry of innovative advanced 8
nuclear fuels; and 9
(E) to ensure that the Commission has ac-10
cess to the facilities described in subparagraph 11
(D), as needed. 12
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 13
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-14
mission shall submit to the appropriate committees of 15
Congress a report that— 16
(1) identifies criticality benchmark data to as-17
sist— 18
(A) the licensing of fuel enrichment, 19
deconversion, and fabrication facilities for— 20
(i) advanced nuclear fuels containing 21
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 22
assay greater than 5 weight percent, but 23
less than 10 weight percent, of the ura-24
nium-235 isotope; and 25
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(ii) advanced nuclear fuels containing 1
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 2
assay greater than or equal to 10 weight 3
percent, but less than 20 weight percent, 4
of the uranium-235 isotope; and 5
(B) the certification of transportation 6
packages for— 7
(i) advanced nuclear fuels containing 8
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 9
assay greater than 5 weight percent, but 10
less than 10 weight percent, of the ura-11
nium-235 isotope; and 12
(ii) advanced nuclear fuels containing 13
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 14
assay greater than or equal to 10 weight 15
percent, but less than 20 weight percent, 16
of the uranium-235 isotope; 17
(2) identifies and describes any updates to reg-18
ulations, certifications, and other regulatory policies 19
that the Commission determines are necessary for li-20
censing and oversight relating to high-assay, low-en-21
riched uranium, including— 22
(A) certifications relating to transportation 23
packages for— 24
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(i) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 1
with an assay greater than 5 weight per-2
cent, but less than 10 weight percent, of 3
the uranium-235 isotope; and 4
(ii) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 5
with an assay greater than or equal to 10 6
weight percent, but less than 20 weight 7
percent, of the uranium-235 isotope; and 8
(B) licensing of fuel enrichment, 9
deconversion, and fabrication facilities for high- 10
assay, low-enriched uranium, and associated 11
physical security plans for those facilities; 12
(3) identifies and describes any updates to reg-13
ulations, certifications, and other regulatory policies 14
that the Commission determines are necessary to ad-15
dress nuclear nonproliferation considerations that— 16
(A) are within the mission of the Commis-17
sion; and 18
(B) are associated with— 19
(i) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 20
with an assay greater than 5 weight per-21
cent, but less than 10 weight percent, of 22
the uranium-235 isotope; or 23
(ii) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 24
with an assay greater than or equal to 10 25
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weight percent, but less than 20 weight 1
percent, of the uranium-235 isotope; 2
(4) identifies and describes— 3
(A) any data needs, regulatory require-4
ments, or policies identified under paragraph 5
(1), (2), or (3) that— 6
(i) differ based on whether they are 7
related to— 8
(I) high-assay, low-enriched ura-9
nium with an assay greater than 5 10
weight percent, but less than 10 11
weight percent, of the uranium-235 12
isotope; or 13
(II) high-assay, low-enriched ura-14
nium with an assay greater than or 15
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 16
than 20 weight percent, of the ura-17
nium-235 isotope; or 18
(ii) are unique to— 19
(I) high-assay, low-enriched ura-20
nium with an assay greater than 5 21
weight percent, but less than 10 22
weight percent, of the uranium-235 23
isotope; or 24
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(II) high-assay, low-enriched ura-1
nium with an assay greater than or 2
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 3
than 20 weight percent, of the ura-4
nium-235 isotope; 5
(B) the manner in which the data needs, 6
regulatory requirements, or policies identified 7
under subparagraph (A)(i) differ as described 8
in that subparagraph; and 9
(C) the extent to which the data needs, 10
regulatory requirements, or policies identified 11
under subparagraph (A)(ii) are unique to ei-12
ther— 13
(i) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 14
with an assay greater than 5 weight per-15
cent, but less than 10 weight percent, of 16
the uranium-235 isotope; or 17
(ii) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 18
with an assay greater than or equal to 10 19
weight percent, but less than 20 weight 20
percent, of the uranium-235 isotope; and 21
(5) includes a timeline for completing the up-22
dates described in paragraphs (2) and (3) within the 23
existing regulatory framework. 24
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SEC. 402. NATIONAL STRATEGIC URANIUM RESERVE. 1
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 2
(1) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 3
the program established under subsection (b)(1). 4
(2) URANIUM RESERVE.—The term ‘‘Uranium 5
Reserve’’ means the uranium reserve operated pur-6
suant to the program. 7
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 8
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 9
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 10
subject to the availability of appropriations, shall es-11
tablish a program to operate a uranium reserve in 12
accordance with this section. 13
(2) AUTHORITY.—In establishing the program 14
and operating the Uranium Reserve, the Secretary 15
shall use the authority granted to the Secretary by 16
sections 53, 63, and 161 g. of the Atomic Energy 17
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2093, 2201(g)). 18
(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Uranium Re-19
serve are— 20
(1) to provide assurance of the availability of 21
uranium recovered in the United States in the event 22
of a market disruption; and 23
(2) to support strategic fuel cycle capabilities in 24
the United States. 25
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(d) EXCLUSION.—The Secretary shall exclude from 1
the Uranium Reserve uranium that is recovered in the 2
United States by an entity that— 3
(1) is owned or controlled by the Government of 4
the Russian Federation or the Government of the 5
People’s Republic of China; or 6
(2) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise 7
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation 8
or the People’s Republic of China. 9
(e) ACQUISITION.— 10
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 11
for the Uranium Reserve only uranium recovered 12
from a facility described in paragraph (2), including, 13
subject to paragraph (3), uranium ore that has been 14
mined. 15
(2) FACILITIES DESCRIBED.—A facility referred 16
to in paragraph (1) is a facility that— 17
(A)(i) is licensed by the Commission as of 18
the date of enactment of this Act; 19
(ii) is not located on Tribal land; and 20
(iii) is not the subject of an enforcement 21
action that— 22
(I) was taken— 23
(aa) in response to a violation of 24
a regulation in part 40 of title 10, 25
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Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-1
cessor regulations); and 2
(bb) during the 1-year period 3
ending on the date on which the ura-4
nium is acquired for the Uranium Re-5
serve; and 6
(II) was characterized as ‘‘escalated 7
enforcement’’; or 8
(B)(i) as of the date of enactment of this 9
Act, is licensed by a State that has entered into 10
an agreement with the Commission under sec-11
tion 274 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 12
(42 U.S.C. 2021(b)); 13
(ii) is not located on Tribal land; and 14
(iii) is not the subject of an enforcement 15
action that— 16
(I) was taken— 17
(aa) in response to a violation of 18
an applicable State requirement that 19
is compatible with the regulations of 20
the Commission in part 40 of title 10, 21
Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-22
cessor regulations); and 23
(bb) during the 1-year period 24
ending on the date on which the ura-25
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nium is acquired for the Uranium Re-1
serve; and 2
(II) was subject to further administra-3
tive actions, further orders, or the equiva-4
lent of further administrative actions or or-5
ders. 6
(3) REQUIREMENT.— 7
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 8
subparagraph (B), with respect to any uranium 9
ore acquired by a facility described in para-10
graph (2) that has been mined, the Secretary 11
may acquire for the Uranium Reserve only ura-12
nium extracted from a conventional mine that 13
is not located on— 14
(i) Tribal land; 15
(ii) Federal land temporarily with-16
drawn from location and entry pursuant to 17
the record of decision described in the no-18
tice of availability entitled ‘‘Notice of 19
Availability of Record of Decision for the 20
Northern Arizona Proposed Withdrawal’’ 21
(77 Fed. Reg. 2317 (January 17, 2012)); 22
or 23
(iii) Federal land that, as of October 24
1, 2020, is permanently withdrawn from 25
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location and entry under sections 2319 1
through 2344 of the Revised Statutes 2
(commonly known as the ‘‘Mining Law of 3
1872’’) (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.). 4
(B) REMOVAL AND REMEDIAL ACTIONS.— 5
The Secretary may acquire for the Uranium 6
Reserve uranium recovered from material ob-7
tained as a result of removal or remedial ac-8
tions carried out on abandoned mine land lo-9
cated on Tribal land. 10
(f) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.—Not later than 90 11
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 12
shall publish a request for information to help the Sec-13
retary evaluate— 14
(1) options for the operation and management 15
of the Uranium Reserve; 16
(2) contractual mechanisms pursuant to which 17
the Secretary could acquire uranium; and 18
(3) the quantities, form, transportation, and 19
storage of uranium in the Uranium Reserve. 20
(g) BUDGET REQUEST.—For each fiscal year begin-21
ning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22
shall include in the budget justification submitted to Con-23
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 24
Code— 25
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(1) a request for amounts for the acquisition, 1
transportation, and storage of uranium in the Ura-2
nium Reserve; or 3
(2) an explanation of why amounts are not re-4
quested for the acquisition, transportation, or stor-5
age of uranium in the Uranium Reserve. 6
SEC. 403. REPORT ON ADVANCED METHODS OF MANUFAC-7
TURING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR NUCLEAR 8
ENERGY APPLICATIONS. 9
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 10
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall sub-11
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 12
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘report’’) on manu-13
facturing and construction for nuclear energy applications. 14
(b) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In developing the report, 15
the Commission shall seek input from— 16
(1) the Secretary; 17
(2) the nuclear energy industry; 18
(3) National Laboratories; 19
(4) institutions of higher education; 20
(5) nuclear and manufacturing technology de-21
velopers; 22
(6) the manufacturing and construction indus-23
tries; 24
(7) standards development organizations; 25
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(8) labor unions; 1
(9) nongovernmental organizations; and 2
(10) other public stakeholders. 3
(c) CONTENTS.— 4
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report shall— 5
(A) examine any unique licensing issues or 6
requirements relating to the use of innovative— 7
(i) advanced manufacturing processes; 8
and 9
(ii) advanced construction techniques; 10
(B) examine— 11
(i) the requirements for nuclear-grade 12
components in manufacturing and con-13
struction for nuclear energy applications; 14
(ii) opportunities to use standard ma-15
terials, parts, or components in manufac-16
turing and construction for nuclear energy 17
applications; and 18
(iii) opportunities to use standard ma-19
terials that are in compliance with existing 20
codes to provide acceptable approaches to 21
support or encapsulate new materials that 22
do not yet have applicable codes; 23
(C) identify any safety aspects of innova-24
tive advanced manufacturing processes and ad-25
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vanced construction techniques that are not ad-1
dressed by existing codes and standards, so that 2
generic guidance may be updated or created, as 3
necessary; 4
(D) identify options for addressing the 5
issues, requirements, and opportunities exam-6
ined under subparagraphs (A) and (B)— 7
(i) within the existing regulatory 8
framework; or 9
(ii) through a new rulemaking; and 10
(E) describe the extent to which Commis-11
sion action is needed to implement any matter 12
described in the report. 13
(2) COST ESTIMATES, BUDGETS, AND TIME-14
FRAMES.—The report shall include cost estimates, 15
proposed budgets, and proposed timeframes for im-16
plementing risk-informed and performance-based 17
regulatory guidance for manufacturing and construc-18
tion for nuclear energy applications. 19
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 20
SEC. 501. NUCLEAR ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 21
Section 313 of division C of the Omnibus Appropria-22
tions Act, 2009 (42 U.S.C. 16274a) is amended— 23
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 24
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in each of fiscal years 25
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2009 to 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 1
years 2021 through 2030,’’; and 2
(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(d) NUCLEAR ENERGY TRAINEESHIP SUBPRO-4
GRAM.— 5
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 6
‘‘(A) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commis-7
sion’ means the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-8
sion. 9
‘‘(B) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-10
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-11
cation’ has the meaning given the term in sec-12
tion 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 13
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 14
‘‘(C) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term 15
‘National Laboratory’ has the meaning given 16
the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act 17
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801). 18
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commission shall 19
establish, as a subprogram of the Integrated Univer-20
sity Program established under this section, a work-21
force development subprogram under which the 22
Commission, in coordination with institutions of 23
higher education and trade schools, shall competi-24
tively award traineeships that provide focused train-25
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ing to meet critical mission needs of the Commission 1
and nuclear workforce needs, including needs relat-2
ing to— 3
‘‘(A) nuclear criticality safety; and 4
‘‘(B) the nuclear tradecraft workforce. 5
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 6
workforce development program described in para-7
graph (2), the Commission shall— 8
‘‘(A) coordinate with the Secretary to 9
prioritize the funding of traineeships that focus 10
on— 11
‘‘(i) nuclear workforce needs; and 12
‘‘(ii) critical mission needs of the 13
Commission; 14
‘‘(B) encourage appropriate partnerships 15
among— 16
‘‘(i) National Laboratories; 17
‘‘(ii) institutions of higher education; 18
‘‘(iii) trade schools; and 19
‘‘(iv) the nuclear energy industry; and 20
‘‘(C) on an annual basis, evaluate nuclear 21
workforce needs for the purpose of imple-22
menting traineeships in focused topical areas 23
that— 24
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‘‘(i) address the workforce needs of 1
that community; and 2
‘‘(ii) support critical mission needs of 3
the Commission.’’. 4
SEC. 502. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL 5
AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN-6
VENTORY IN THE UNITED STATES. 7
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
(1) HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.—The 9
term ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’ has the meaning 10
given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste 11
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 12
(2) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 13
nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-14
tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 15
U.S.C. 10101). 16
(3) STANDARD CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘stand-17
ard contract’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘con-18
tract’’ in section 961.3 of title 10, Code of Federal 19
Regulations (or a successor regulation). 20
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2022, and 21
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Con-22
gress a report that describes— 23
(1) the annual and cumulative amount of pay-24
ments made by the United States to the holder of 25
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a standard contract due to a partial breach of con-1
tract under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 2
(42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) resulting in financial 3
damages to the holder; 4
(2) the amount spent by the Department to re-5
duce future payments projected to be made by the 6
United States to any holder of a standard contract 7
due to a partial breach of contract under the Nu-8
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et 9
seq.); 10
(3) the cumulative amount spent by the Depart-11
ment to store, manage, and dispose of spent nuclear 12
fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United 13
States as of the date of the report; 14
(4) the projected lifecycle costs to store, man-15
age, transport, and dispose of the projected inven-16
tory of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 17
waste in the United States, including spent nuclear 18
fuel and high-level radioactive waste expected to be 19
generated from existing reactors through 2050; 20
(5) any mechanisms for better accounting of li-21
abilities for the lifecycle costs of the spent nuclear 22
fuel and high-level radioactive waste inventory in the 23
United States; and 24
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(6) any recommendations for improving the 1
methods used by the Department for the accounting 2
of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste 3
costs and liabilities. 4
SEC. 503. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 5
SUPERFUND ACTIONS AT ABANDONED MIN-6
ING SITES ON TRIBAL LAND. 7
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
(1) ELIGIBLE NON-NPL SITE.—The term ‘‘eligi-9
ble non-NPL site’’ means a site that— 10
(A) is not on the National Priorities List; 11
but 12
(B) the Administrator determines would be 13
eligible for listing on the National Priorities 14
List based on the presence of hazards from con-15
tamination at the site, applying the hazard 16
ranking system described in section 105(c) of 17
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 18
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 19
U.S.C. 9605(c)). 20
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 21
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 22
section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental 23
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 24
(42 U.S.C. 9601). 25
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(3) NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST.—The term 1
‘‘National Priorities List’’ means the National Prior-2
ities List developed by the President in accordance 3
with section 105(a)(8)(B) of the Comprehensive En-4
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 5
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)(B)). 6
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 7
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 8
carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 9
years 2021 through 2030, to remain available until ex-10
pended. 11
(c) USES OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts appropriated 12
under subsection (b) shall be used by the Administrator— 13
(1) to carry out removal actions on abandoned 14
mine land located on Tribal land; 15
(2) to carry out remedial actions on abandoned 16
mine land located on Tribal land at— 17
(A) eligible non-NPL sites; and 18
(B) sites listed on the National Priorities 19
List; and 20
(3) to make grants under subsection (e). 21
(d) HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.—Subject to the avail-22
ability of appropriations, the Agency for Toxic Substances 23
and Disease Registry, in coordination with Tribal health 24
authorities, shall perform 1 or more health assessments 25
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at each eligible non-NPL site that is located on Tribal 1
land. 2
(e) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 3
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may use 4
amounts appropriated under subsection (b) to make 5
grants to Indian Tribes on whose land is located an 6
eligible non-NPL site. 7
(2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant under 8
paragraph (1) shall be used in accordance with the 9
second sentence of section 117(e)(1) of the Com-10
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 11
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9617(e)(1)). 12
(3) LIMITATIONS.—A grant under paragraph 13
(1) shall be governed by the rules, procedures, and 14
limitations described in section 117(e)(2) of the 15
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-16
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 17
9617(e)(2)), except that— 18
(A) ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental 19
Protection Agency’’ shall be substituted for 20
‘‘President’’ each place it appears in that sec-21
tion; and 22
(B) in the first sentence of that section, 23
‘‘under section 503 of the American Nuclear In-24
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frastructure Act of 2020’’ shall be substituted 1
for ‘‘under this subsection’’. 2
(f) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—If a remedial action 3
described in subsection (c)(2) is scheduled at an eligible 4
non-NPL site, no action may be commenced for damages 5
(as defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environ-6
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 7
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601)) with respect to that eligible non- 8
NPL site unless the action is commenced within the time-9
frame provided for such actions with respect to facilities 10
on the National Priorities List in the first sentence of the 11
matter following subparagraph (B) of section 113(g)(1) 12
of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9613(g)(1)). 13
(g) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall coordi-14
nate with the Indian Tribe on whose land the applicable 15
site is located in— 16
(1) selecting and prioritizing sites for removal 17
actions and remedial actions under paragraphs (1) 18
and (2) of subsection (c); and 19
(2) carrying out those removal actions and re-20
medial actions. 21
SEC. 504. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 22
Section 104 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 23
U.S.C. 2134(c)) is amended— 24
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(1) by striking the third sentence and inserting 1
the following: 2
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON UTILIZATION FACILI-3
TIES.—The Commission may issue a license under 4
this section for a utilization facility useful in the 5
conduct of research and development activities of the 6
types specified in section 31 if— 7
‘‘(A) not more than 75 percent of the an-8
nual costs to the licensee of owning and oper-9
ating the facility are devoted to the sale, other 10
than for research and development or education 11
and training, of— 12
‘‘(i) nonenergy services; 13
‘‘(ii) energy; or 14
‘‘(iii) a combination of nonenergy 15
services and energy; and 16
‘‘(B) not more than 50 percent of the an-17
nual costs to the licensee of owning and oper-18
ating the facility are devoted to the sale of en-19
ergy.’’; 20
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 21
Commission’’ and inserting the following: 22
‘‘(2) REGULATION.—The Commission’’; and 23
(3) by striking ‘‘c. The Commission’’ and in-24
serting the following: 25
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‘‘c. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.— 1
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 2
and (3), the Commission’’. 3
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 5
‘‘American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020’’. 6
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
this Act is as follows: 8
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—REESTABLISHING AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
Sec. 101. International nuclear reactor export and innovation activities.
Sec. 102. Denial of certain domestic licenses for national security purposes.
Sec. 103. Export license requirements.
TITLE II—EXPANDING NUCLEAR ENERGY THROUGH ADVANCED
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES
Sec. 201. Advanced nuclear reactor prizes.
Sec. 202. Report on unique licensing considerations relating to the use of nuclear
energy for nonelectric applications.
Sec. 203. Enabling preparations for the demonstration of advanced nuclear reac-
tors on Department sites.
TITLE III—PRESERVING EXISTING NUCLEAR ENERGY GENERATION
Sec. 301. Nuclear reactor incentives.
Sec. 302. Report on lessons learned during the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency.
Sec. 303. Investment by allies.
TITLE IV—REVITALIZING AMERICA’S NUCLEAR SUPPLY CHAIN
INFRASTRUCTURE
Sec. 401. Advanced nuclear fuel approval.
Sec. 402. National strategic uranium reserve.
Sec. 403. Report on advanced methods of manufacturing and construction for nu-
clear energy applications.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 501. Nuclear energy workforce development.
Sec. 502. Annual report on the spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
inventory in the United States.
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Sec. 503. Authorization of appropriations for superfund actions at abandoned
mining sites on Tribal land.
Sec. 504. Nuclear closure communities.
Sec. 505. Report on corporate support.
Sec. 506. Technical correction.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1
In this Act: 2
(1) ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL.—The term ‘‘ac-3
cident tolerant fuel’’ has the meaning given the term 4
in section 107(a) of the Nuclear Energy Innovation 5
and Modernization Act (Public Law 115–439; 132 6
Stat. 5577). 7
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-8
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-9
mental Protection Agency. 10
(3) ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘ad-11
vanced nuclear fuel’’ means— 12
(A) advanced nuclear reactor fuel (as de-13
fined in section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Innova-14
tion and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 15
note; Public Law 115–439)); and 16
(B) accident tolerant fuel. 17
(4) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 18
‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ has the meaning given the 19
term in section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation 20
and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 note; Public 21
Law 115–439). 22
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(5) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 1
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 2
means— 3
(A) the Committee on Environment and 4
Public Works of the Senate; and 5
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-6
merce of the House of Representatives. 7
(6) CHAIRMAN.—The term ‘‘Chairman’’ means 8
the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 9
(7) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 10
means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 11
(8) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 12
means the Department of Energy. 13
(9) EARLY SITE PERMIT.—The term ‘‘early site 14
permit’’ has the meaning given the term in section 15
52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 16
successor regulation). 17
(10) HIGH-ASSAY, LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.— 18
The term ‘‘high-assay, low-enriched uranium’’ means 19
uranium with an assay greater than 5 weight per-20
cent, but less than 20 weight percent, of the uranium- 21
235 isotope. 22
(11) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 23
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean-24
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ing given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher 1
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 2
(12) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-3
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term in 4
section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 5
15801). 6
(13) REMOVAL; REMEDIAL ACTION.—The terms 7
‘‘removal’’ and ‘‘remedial action’’ have the meanings 8
given those terms in section 101 of the Comprehensive 9
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-10
ity Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601). 11
(14) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 12
the Secretary of Energy. 13
(15) TRIBAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Tribal land’’ has 14
the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian country’’ in sec-15
tion 1151 of title 18, United States Code. 16
TITLE I—REESTABLISHING 17
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 18
COMPETITIVENESS AND 19
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP 20
SEC. 101. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR EXPORT 21
AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES. 22
(a) COORDINATION.— 23
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall— 24
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(A) coordinate all work of the Commission 1
relating to— 2
(i) nuclear reactor import and export 3
licensing; and 4
(ii) international regulatory coopera-5
tion and assistance relating to nuclear reac-6
tors, including with countries that are 7
members of the Organisation for Economic 8
Co-operation and Development; and 9
(B) support interagency and international 10
coordination with respect to— 11
(i) the consideration of international 12
technical standards to establish the licensing 13
and regulatory basis to assist the design, 14
construction, and operation of nuclear sys-15
tems; 16
(ii) efforts to help build competent nu-17
clear regulatory organizations and legal 18
frameworks in countries seeking to develop 19
nuclear power; and 20
(iii) exchange programs and training 21
provided to other countries relating to nu-22
clear regulation and oversight to improve 23
nuclear technology licensing, in accordance 24
with paragraph (2). 25
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(2) EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND TRAINING.—With 1
respect to the exchange programs and training de-2
scribed in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), the Commission 3
shall coordinate, as applicable, with— 4
(A) the Secretary; 5
(B) National Laboratories; 6
(C) the private sector; and 7
(D) institutions of higher education. 8
(b) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH BRANCH.—The Com-9
mission may establish within the Office of International 10
Programs a branch, to be known as the ‘‘International Nu-11
clear Reactor Export and Innovation Branch’’, to carry out 12
such international nuclear reactor export and innovation 13
activities as the Commission determines to be appropriate 14
and within the mission of the Commission. 15
(c) EXCLUSION OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES FROM 16
THE FEE BASE.— 17
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Nuclear 18
Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 19
2215) is amended— 20
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 21
the following: 22
‘‘(4) INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR EXPORT 23
AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.—The Commission shall 24
identify in the annual budget justification inter-25
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national nuclear reactor export and innovation ac-1
tivities described in section 101(a) of the American 2
Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020.’’; and 3
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by adding at 4
the end the following: 5
‘‘(iv) Costs for international nuclear 6
reactor export and innovation activities de-7
scribed in section 101(a) of the American 8
Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020.’’. 9
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 10
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2021. 11
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section alters 12
the authority of the Commission to license and regulate the 13
civilian use of radioactive materials. 14
SEC. 102. DENIAL OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC LICENSES FOR 15
NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES. 16
(a) DEFINITION OF COVERED FUEL.—In this section, 17
the term ‘‘covered fuel’’ means enriched uranium that is 18
fabricated into fuel assemblies for nuclear reactors by an 19
entity that— 20
(1) is owned or controlled by the Government of 21
the Russian Federation or the Government of the Peo-22
ple’s Republic of China; or 23
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(2) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise 1
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation 2
or the People’s Republic of China. 3
(b) PROHIBITION ON UNLICENSED POSSESSION OR 4
OWNERSHIP OF COVERED FUEL.—Unless specifically au-5
thorized by the Commission in a license issued under sec-6
tion 53 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2073) 7
and part 70 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 8
successor regulations), no person subject to the jurisdiction 9
of the Commission may possess or own covered fuel. 10
(c) LICENSE TO POSSESS OR OWN COVERED FUEL.— 11
(1) CONSULTATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO 12
ISSUANCE.—The Commission shall not issue a license 13
to possess or own covered fuel under section 53 of the 14
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2073) and 15
part 70 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 16
successor regulations), unless the Commission has first 17
consulted with the Secretary and the Secretary of 18
State before issuing the license. 19
(2) PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.— 20
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 21
(C), a license to possess or own covered fuel shall 22
not be issued if the Secretary and the Secretary 23
of State make the determination described in 24
subparagraph (B). 25
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(B) DETERMINATION.— 1
(i) IN GENERAL.—The determination 2
referred to in subparagraph (A) is a deter-3
mination that possession or ownership, as 4
applicable, of covered fuel poses a threat to 5
the national security of the United States 6
that adversely impacts the physical and eco-7
nomic security of the United States. 8
(ii) JOINT DETERMINATION.—A deter-9
mination described in clause (i) shall be 10
jointly made by the Secretary and the Sec-11
retary of State. 12
(iii) TIMELINE.— 13
(I) NOTICE OF APPLICATION.—Not 14
later than 30 days after the date on 15
which the Commission receives an ap-16
plication for a license to possess or 17
own covered fuel, the Commission shall 18
notify the Secretary and the Secretary 19
of State of the application. 20
(II) DETERMINATION.—The Sec-21
retary and the Secretary of State shall 22
have a period of 180 days, beginning 23
on the date on which the Commission 24
notifies the Secretary and the Sec-25
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retary of State under subclause (I) of 1
an application for a license to possess 2
or own covered fuel, in which to make 3
the determination described in clause 4
(i). 5
(III) COMMISSION NOTIFICA-6
TION.—On making the determination 7
described in clause (i), the Secretary 8
and the Secretary of State shall imme-9
diately notify the Commission. 10
(IV) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA-11
TION.—Not later than 30 days after 12
the date on which the Secretary and 13
the Secretary of State notify the Com-14
mission under subclause (III), the 15
Commission shall notify the appro-16
priate committees of Congress of the 17
determination. 18
(V) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later 19
than 15 days after the date on which 20
the Commission notifies Congress 21
under subclause (IV) of a determina-22
tion made under clause (i), the Com-23
mission shall make that determination 24
publicly available. 25
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(C) EFFECT OF NO DETERMINATION.—The 1
prohibition described in subparagraph (A) shall 2
not apply if the Secretary and the Secretary of 3
State do not make the determination described in 4
subparagraph (B) by the date described in clause 5
(iii)(II) of that subparagraph. 6
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section alters 7
any treaty or international agreement in effect on the date 8
of enactment of this Act. 9
SEC. 103. EXPORT LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. 10
(a) DEFINITION OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.—In 11
this section, the term ‘‘low-enriched uranium’’ means ura-12
nium enriched to less than 20 percent of the uranium-235 13
isotope. 14
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Commission shall not issue 15
an export license for the transfer of any item described in 16
subsection (d) to a country described in subsection (c) unless 17
the Commission makes a determination that such transfer 18
will not be inimical to the interests of the United States. 19
(c) COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—A country referred to in 20
subsection (b) is a country that— 21
(1) has not concluded and ratified an Additional 22
Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the Inter-23
national Atomic Energy Agency; or 24
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(2) has not ratified or acceded to the amendment 1
to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nu-2
clear Material, signed at Vienna and New York 3
March 3, 1980, described in the information circular 4
of the International Atomic Energy Agency numbered 5
INFCIRC/274/Rev.1/Mod.1 and dated May 9, 2016. 6
(d) ITEMS DESCRIBED.—An item referred to in sub-7
section (b) includes— 8
(1) unirradiated nuclear fuel containing special 9
nuclear material (as defined in section 11 of the 10
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014)), exclud-11
ing low-enriched uranium; 12
(2) a nuclear reactor that uses nuclear fuel de-13
scribed in paragraph (1); and 14
(3) any plant or component listed in Appendix 15
I to part 110 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 16
(or successor regulations), that is involved in— 17
(A) the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear 18
reactor fuel elements; 19
(B) the separation of plutonium; or 20
(C) the separation of the uranium-233 iso-21
tope. 22
(e) NOTIFICATION.—If the Commission makes a deter-23
mination under subsection (b) that the transfer of any item 24
described in subsection (d) to a country described in sub-25
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section (c) will not be inimical to the interests of the United 1
States, the Commission shall notify the appropriate com-2
mittees of Congress. 3
TITLE II—EXPANDING NUCLEAR 4
ENERGY THROUGH AD-5
VANCED NUCLEAR TECH-6
NOLOGIES 7
SEC. 201. ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR PRIZES. 8
Section 103 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and 9
Modernization Act (Public Law 115–439; 132 Stat. 5571) 10
is amended by adding at the end the following: 11
‘‘(f) PRIZES FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR LI-12
CENSING.— 13
‘‘(1) PRIZE FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR 14
LICENSING.— 15
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail-16
ability of appropriations, the Secretary is au-17
thorized to make, with respect to each award cat-18
egory described in subparagraph (C), an award 19
in an amount described in subparagraph (B) to 20
the first non-Federal entity to which the Com-21
mission issues— 22
‘‘(i) an operating license for an ad-23
vanced nuclear reactor under part 50 of 24
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 25
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successor regulations), for which an appli-1
cation has not been approved by the Com-2
mission as of the date of enactment of this 3
subsection; or 4
‘‘(ii) a finding required under section 5
52.103(g) of title 10, Code of Federal Regu-6
lations (or successor regulations), for a com-7
bined license for an advanced nuclear reac-8
tor— 9
‘‘(I) that is issued under subpart 10
C of part 52 that title (or successor 11
regulations); and 12
‘‘(II) for which an application 13
has not been approved by the Commis-14
sion as of the date of enactment of this 15
subsection. 16
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—An award under 17
subparagraph (A) shall be in an amount equal 18
to the total amount assessed by the Commission 19
and collected under section 102(b)(2) from the 20
entity receiving the award for costs relating to 21
the issuance of the license described in that sub-22
paragraph, including, as applicable, costs relat-23
ing to the issuance of an associated construction 24
permit described in section 50.23 of title 10, 25
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Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-1
tions), or early site permit (as defined in section 2
52.1 of that title (or successor regulations)). 3
‘‘(C) AWARD CATEGORIES.—An award 4
under subparagraph (A) may be made for— 5
‘‘(i) the first advanced nuclear reactor 6
for which the Commission issues— 7
‘‘(I) a license in accordance with 8
clause (i) of subparagraph (A); or 9
‘‘(II) a finding in accordance 10
with clause (ii) of that subparagraph; 11
‘‘(ii) an advanced nuclear reactor 12
that— 13
‘‘(I) uses isotopes derived from 14
spent nuclear fuel (as defined in sec-15
tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act 16
of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)) or depleted 17
uranium as fuel for the advanced nu-18
clear reactor; and 19
‘‘(II) is the first advanced nuclear 20
reactor described in subclause (I) for 21
which the Commission issues— 22
‘‘(aa) a license in accordance 23
with clause (i) of subparagraph 24
(A); or 25
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‘‘(bb) a finding in accord-1
ance with clause (ii) of that sub-2
paragraph; and 3
‘‘(iii) an advanced nuclear reactor 4
that— 5
‘‘(I) operates flexibly to generate 6
electricity or high temperature process 7
heat for nonelectric applications; and 8
‘‘(II) is the first advanced nuclear 9
reactor described in subclause (I) for 10
which the Commission issues— 11
‘‘(aa) a license in accordance 12
with clause (i) of subparagraph 13
(A); or 14
‘‘(bb) a finding in accord-15
ance with clause (ii) of that sub-16
paragraph. 17
‘‘(2) FEDERAL FUNDING LIMITATION.—An award 18
under this subsection shall not exceed the total 19
amount expended (excluding any expenditures made 20
with Federal funds received for the applicable project 21
and an amount equal to the minimum cost-share re-22
quired under section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 23
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352)) by the entity receiving the 24
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award for licensing costs relating to the project for 1
which the award is made.’’. 2
SEC. 202. REPORT ON UNIQUE LICENSING CONSIDER-3
ATIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF NUCLEAR 4
ENERGY FOR NONELECTRIC APPLICATIONS. 5
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 6
of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to 7
the appropriate committees of Congress a report (referred 8
to in this section as the ‘‘report’’) addressing any unique 9
licensing issues or requirements relating to— 10
(1) the flexible operation of nuclear reactors, 11
such as ramping power output and switching between 12
electricity generation and nonelectric applications; 13
(2) the use of advanced nuclear reactors exclu-14
sively for nonelectric applications; and 15
(3) the colocation of nuclear reactors with indus-16
trial plants or other facilities. 17
(b) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In developing the report, 18
the Commission shall seek input from— 19
(1) the Secretary; 20
(2) the nuclear energy industry; 21
(3) technology developers; 22
(4) the industrial, chemical, and medical sectors; 23
(5) nongovernmental organizations; and 24
(6) other public stakeholders. 25
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(c) CONTENTS.— 1
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report shall describe— 2
(A) any unique licensing issues or require-3
ments relating to the matters described in para-4
graphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a), includ-5
ing, with respect to the nonelectric applications 6
referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of that 7
subsection, any licensing issues or requirements 8
relating to the use of nuclear energy in— 9
(i) hydrogen or other liquid and gas-10
eous fuel or chemical production; 11
(ii) water desalination and wastewater 12
treatment; 13
(iii) heat for industrial processes; 14
(iv) district heating; 15
(v) energy storage; 16
(vi) industrial or medical isotope pro-17
duction; and 18
(vii) other applications, as identified 19
by the Commission; 20
(B) options for addressing those issues or 21
requirements— 22
(i) within the existing regulatory 23
framework; 24
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(ii) as part of the technology-inclusive 1
regulatory framework required under sub-2
section (a)(4) of section 103 of the Nuclear 3
Energy Innovation and Modernization Act 4
(42 U.S.C. 2133 note; Public Law 115–439) 5
or described in the report required under 6
subsection (e) of that section (Public Law 7
115–439; 132 Stat. 5575); or 8
(iii) through a new rulemaking; and 9
(C) the extent to which Commission action 10
is needed to implement any matter described in 11
the report. 12
(2) COST ESTIMATES, BUDGETS, AND TIME-13
FRAMES.—The report shall include cost estimates, 14
proposed budgets, and proposed timeframes for imple-15
menting risk-informed and performance-based regu-16
latory guidance in the licensing of nuclear reactors 17
for nonelectric applications. 18
SEC. 203. ENABLING PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEMONSTRA-19
TION OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS ON 20
DEPARTMENT SITES. 21
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(b)(1)(B) of the Nuclear 22
Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 23
2215(b)(1)(B)) (as amended by section 101(c)) is amended 24
by adding at the end the following: 25
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‘‘(v) Costs for— 1
‘‘(I) activities to review and ap-2
prove or disapprove an application for 3
an early site permit (as defined in sec-4
tion 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal 5
Regulations (or a successor regula-6
tion)) to demonstrate an advanced nu-7
clear reactor on a Department of En-8
ergy site; and 9
‘‘(II) pre-application activities re-10
lating to an early site permit (as so 11
defined) to demonstrate an advanced 12
nuclear reactor on a Department of 13
Energy site.’’. 14
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-15
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2021. 16
TITLE III—PRESERVING EXIST-17
ING NUCLEAR ENERGY GEN-18
ERATION 19
SEC. 301. NUCLEAR REACTOR INCENTIVES. 20
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 21
(1) CERTIFIED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 22
‘‘certified nuclear reactor’’ means a nuclear reactor 23
that— 24
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(A) operates in a competitive electricity 1
market; and 2
(B) is certified under subsection (c)(2)(A)(i) 3
to submit a sealed bid in accordance with sub-4
section (d). 5
(2) CREDIT.—The term ‘‘credit’’ means a credit 6
allocated to a certified nuclear reactor under sub-7
section (e)(2). 8
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subject to the 9
availability of appropriations, the Administrator, in con-10
sultation with the Secretary, shall establish an emissions 11
avoidance program— 12
(1) to evaluate nuclear reactors that are pro-13
jected to cease operations due to economic factors; and 14
(2) to allocate credits to certified nuclear reactors 15
that are selected under paragraph (1)(B) of subsection 16
(e) to receive credits under paragraph (2) of that sub-17
section. 18
(c) CERTIFICATION.— 19
(1) APPLICATION.— 20
(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to be certified 21
under paragraph (2)(A)(i), the owner or oper-22
ator of a nuclear reactor that is projected to 23
cease operations due to economic factors shall 24
submit to the Administrator an application at 25
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such time, in such manner, and containing such 1
information as the Administrator determines to 2
be appropriate, including— 3
(i) information on the operating costs 4
necessary to make the examination de-5
scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(II), includ-6
ing— 7
(I) the average annual operating 8
loss per megawatt-hour expected to be 9
incurred by the nuclear reactor over 10
the 4-year period for which credits 11
would be allocated; 12
(II) any private or publicly avail-13
able data with respect to current or 14
projected bulk power market prices; 15
(III) out-of-market revenue 16
streams; 17
(IV) operations and maintenance 18
costs; 19
(V) capital costs, including fuel; 20
and 21
(VI) operational and market risks; 22
(ii) an estimate of the potential incre-23
mental emissions of carbon dioxide, nitro-24
gen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, 25
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and hazardous air pollutants that would re-1
sult if the nuclear reactor were to cease op-2
erations; 3
(iii) information on the source of re-4
covered uranium and the location where the 5
uranium is converted, enriched, and fab-6
ricated into fuel assemblies for the nuclear 7
reactor for the 4-year period for which cred-8
its would be allocated; and 9
(iv) a detailed plan to sustain oper-10
ations at the conclusion of the applicable 4- 11
year period for which credits would be allo-12
cated— 13
(I) without receiving additional 14
credits; or 15
(II) with the receipt of additional 16
credits of a lower amount than the 17
credits allocated during that 4-year 18
credit period. 19
(B) TIMELINE.—The Administrator shall 20
accept applications described in subparagraph 21
(A)— 22
(i) until the date that is 120 days after 23
the date of enactment of this Act; and 24
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(ii) not less frequently than every year 1
thereafter. 2
(2) DETERMINATION TO CERTIFY.— 3
(A) DETERMINATION.— 4
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 5
days after the applicable date under sub-6
paragraph (B) of paragraph (1), the Ad-7
ministrator, in consultation with the Sec-8
retary, shall determine whether to certify, in 9
accordance with clauses (ii) and (iii), each 10
nuclear reactor for which an application is 11
submitted under subparagraph (A) of that 12
paragraph. 13
(ii) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—To the 14
maximum extent practicable, the Adminis-15
trator, in consultation with the Secretary, 16
shall only certify a nuclear reactor under 17
clause (i) if— 18
(I) the nuclear reactor has a good 19
safety record, as determined by the Ac-20
tion Matrix of the Commission or the 21
Performance Indicators of the Reactor 22
Oversight Process, such that the nu-23
clear reactor falls under the ‘‘licensee 24
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response’’ column indicating no cur-1
rent significant safety issues; 2
(II) after considering the informa-3
tion submitted under paragraph 4
(1)(A)(i), the Administrator determines 5
that the nuclear reactor is projected to 6
cease operations due to economic fac-7
tors; and 8
(III) after considering the esti-9
mate submitted under paragraph 10
(1)(A)(ii), the Administrator deter-11
mines that emissions of carbon dioxide, 12
nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, particu-13
late matter, and hazardous air pollut-14
ants would increase if the nuclear reac-15
tor were to cease operations and be re-16
placed with other types of power gen-17
eration. 18
(iii) PRIORITY.—In determining 19
whether to certify a nuclear reactor under 20
clause (i), the Administrator, in consulta-21
tion with the Secretary, shall give priority 22
to a nuclear reactor that uses uranium that 23
is recovered, converted, enriched, and fab-24
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ricated into fuel assemblies in the United 1
States. 2
(B) NOTICE.—For each application received 3
under paragraph (1)(A), the Administrator, in 4
consultation with the Secretary, shall provide to 5
the applicable owner or operator, as applicable— 6
(i) a notice of the certification of the 7
applicable nuclear reactor; or 8
(ii) a notice that describes the reasons 9
why the certification of the applicable nu-10
clear reactor was denied. 11
(d) BIDDING PROCESS.— 12
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 13
Administrator shall establish a deadline by which 14
each certified nuclear reactor shall submit to the Ad-15
ministrator a sealed bid that— 16
(A) describes the price per megawatt-hour 17
required to maintain operations of the certified 18
nuclear reactor during the 4-year period for 19
which the certified nuclear reactor would receive 20
credits; and 21
(B) includes a commitment, subject to the 22
receipt of credits, to provide a specific number of 23
megawatt-hours of generation during the 4-year 24
period for which credits would be allocated. 25
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(2) REQUIREMENT.—The deadline established 1
under paragraph (1) shall be not later than 30 days 2
after the first date on which the Administrator has 3
made the determination described in paragraph 4
(2)(A)(i) of subsection (c) with respect to each appli-5
cation submitted under paragraph (1)(A) of that sub-6
section. 7
(e) ALLOCATION.— 8
(1) AUCTION.—The Administrator, in consulta-9
tion with the Secretary, shall— 10
(A) in consultation with the heads of appli-11
cable Federal agencies, establish a process for 12
evaluating bids submitted under subsection 13
(d)(1) through an auction process; and 14
(B) select certified nuclear reactors to be al-15
located credits. 16
(2) CREDITS.—Subject to subsection (f)(2), on se-17
lection under paragraph (1), a certified nuclear reac-18
tor shall be allocated credits for a 4-year period be-19
ginning on the date of the selection. 20
(3) REQUIREMENT.—To the maximum extent 21
practicable, the Administrator shall use the amounts 22
made available for credits under this section to allo-23
cate credits to as many certified nuclear reactors as 24
possible. 25
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(f) RENEWAL.— 1
(1) IN GENERAL.—The owner or operator of a 2
certified nuclear reactor may seek to recertify the nu-3
clear reactor in accordance with this section. 4
(2) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other 5
provision of this section, the Administrator may not 6
allocate any credits after September 30, 2026. 7
(g) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 8
(1) AUDIT.—During the 4-year period beginning 9
on the date on which a certified nuclear reactor first 10
receives a credit, the Administrator, in consultation 11
with the Secretary, shall periodically audit the cer-12
tified nuclear reactor. 13
(2) RECAPTURE.—The Administrator shall, by 14
regulation, provide for the recapture of the allocation 15
of any credit to a certified nuclear reactor that, dur-16
ing the period described in paragraph (1)— 17
(A) terminates operations; or 18
(B) does not operate at an annual loss in 19
the absence of an allocation of credits to the cer-20
tified nuclear reactor. 21
(3) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Administrator, in 22
consultation with the Secretary, shall establish proce-23
dures to ensure that any confidential, private, propri-24
etary, or privileged information that is included in a 25
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sealed bid submitted under this section is not publicly 1
disclosed or otherwise improperly used. 2
(h) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, the 3
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 4
Congress a report with respect to the credits allocated to 5
certified nuclear reactors, which shall include— 6
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the cred-7
its in avoiding emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen 8
oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and haz-9
ardous air pollutants while ensuring grid reliability; 10
(2) a quantification of the ratepayer savings 11
achieved under this section; and 12
(3) any recommendations to renew or expand the 13
credits. 14
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 15
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 16
to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2021 17
through 2026. 18
SEC. 302. REPORT ON LESSONS LEARNED DURING THE 19
COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 20
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 21
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit 22
to the appropriate committees of Congress and make pub-23
licly available a report on actions taken by the Commission 24
during the public health emergency declared by the Sec-25
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retary of Health and Human Services under section 319 1
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on Janu-2
ary 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. 3
(b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 4
include— 5
(1) an identification of the processes, procedures, 6
and other regulatory policies that were revised or 7
temporarily suspended during the public health emer-8
gency described in subsection (a); 9
(2) a review of actions, if any, taken by the 10
Commission that examines how any revision or tem-11
porary suspension of a process, procedure, or other 12
regulatory policy identified under paragraph (1) may 13
or may not have compromised the ability of the Com-14
mission to license and regulate the civilian use of ra-15
dioactive materials in the United States to protect 16
public health and safety, promote the common defense 17
and security, and protect the environment; 18
(3) a description of any process efficiencies or 19
challenges that resulted from the matters identified 20
under paragraph (1); 21
(4) a discussion of lessons learned from the mat-22
ters described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); 23
(5) a list of actions that the Commission may 24
take to incorporate into the licensing activities and 25
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regulations of the Commission, without compromising 1
the mission of the Commission— 2
(A) the lessons described in paragraph (4); 3
and 4
(B) the information provided under para-5
graphs (2) and (3); and 6
(6) a description of when the actions described in 7
paragraph (5) may be implemented. 8
SEC. 303. INVESTMENT BY ALLIES. 9
(a) IN GENERAL.—The prohibitions against issuing 10
certain licenses for utilization facilities to certain corpora-11
tions and other entities described in the second sentence of 12
section 103 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 13
2133(d)) and the second sentence of section 104 d. of that 14
Act (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) shall not apply to an entity de-15
scribed in subsection (b) if the Commission determines that 16
issuance of the applicable license to that entity is not inim-17
ical to— 18
(1) the common defense and security; or 19
(2) the health and safety of the public. 20
(b) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—An entity referred to in 21
subsection (a) is a corporation or other entity that is owned, 22
controlled, or dominated by— 23
(1) the government of— 24
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(A) a country that is a member of the 1
Group of Seven as of November 25, 2020, which 2
includes the United Kingdom, Germany, Can-3
ada, Japan, France, and Italy; or 4
(B) the Republic of Korea; 5
(2) a corporation that is incorporated in a coun-6
try described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of para-7
graph (1); or 8
(3) an alien who is a national of a country de-9
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1). 10
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 103 d. of the 11
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is amend-12
ed, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘any any’’ and in-13
serting ‘‘any’’. 14
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section affects 15
the requirements of section 721 of the Defense Production 16
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565). 17
TITLE IV—REVITALIZING AMER-18
ICA’S NUCLEAR SUPPLY 19
CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE 20
SEC. 401. ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUEL APPROVAL. 21
(a) AGENCY COORDINATION.— 22
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 23
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman and 24
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the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of un-1
derstanding relating to advanced nuclear fuels. 2
(2) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CON-3
TENTS.—The memorandum of understanding entered 4
into under paragraph (1) shall require the Depart-5
ment and the Commission to coordinate, as appro-6
priate— 7
(A) to ensure that the Department has suffi-8
cient technical expertise to support the timely re-9
search, development, demonstration, and com-10
mercial application by the civilian nuclear in-11
dustry of innovative advanced nuclear fuels, in-12
cluding by facilitating the development and 13
sharing of criticality benchmark data to sup-14
port— 15
(i) the licensing of fuel enrichment, 16
deconversion, and fabrication facilities 17
for— 18
(I) advanced nuclear fuels con-19
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-20
nium with an assay greater than 5 21
weight percent, but less than 10 weight 22
percent, of the uranium-235 isotope; 23
and 24
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(II) advanced nuclear fuels con-1
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-2
nium with an assay greater than or 3
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 4
than 20 weight percent, of the ura-5
nium-235 isotope; and 6
(ii) the certification of transportation 7
packages for— 8
(I) advanced nuclear fuels con-9
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-10
nium with an assay greater than 5 11
weight percent, but less than 10 weight 12
percent, of the uranium-235 isotope; 13
and 14
(II) advanced nuclear fuels con-15
taining high-assay, low-enriched ura-16
nium with an assay greater than or 17
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 18
than 20 weight percent, of the ura-19
nium-235 isotope; 20
(B) to ensure that the Commission has suf-21
ficient technical expertise to support the evalua-22
tion of advanced nuclear fuels; 23
(C) to identify methods to improve the use 24
of computers and software codes to calculate the 25
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behavior and performance of advanced nuclear 1
fuels based on mathematical models of the phys-2
ical behavior of advanced nuclear fuels; 3
(D) to ensure that the Department main-4
tains and develops the facilities necessary to en-5
able the timely research, development, dem-6
onstration, and commercial application by the 7
civilian nuclear industry of innovative advanced 8
nuclear fuels; and 9
(E) to ensure that the Commission has ac-10
cess to the facilities described in subparagraph 11
(D), as needed. 12
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 180 13
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission 14
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 15
report that— 16
(1) identifies criticality benchmark data to as-17
sist— 18
(A) the licensing of fuel enrichment, 19
deconversion, and fabrication facilities for— 20
(i) advanced nuclear fuels containing 21
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 22
assay greater than 5 weight percent, but less 23
than 10 weight percent, of the uranium-235 24
isotope; and 25
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(ii) advanced nuclear fuels containing 1
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 2
assay greater than or equal to 10 weight 3
percent, but less than 20 weight percent, of 4
the uranium-235 isotope; and 5
(B) the certification of transportation pack-6
ages for— 7
(i) advanced nuclear fuels containing 8
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 9
assay greater than 5 weight percent, but less 10
than 10 weight percent, of the uranium-235 11
isotope; and 12
(ii) advanced nuclear fuels containing 13
high-assay, low-enriched uranium with an 14
assay greater than or equal to 10 weight 15
percent, but less than 20 weight percent, of 16
the uranium-235 isotope; 17
(2) identifies and describes any updates to regu-18
lations, certifications, and other regulatory policies 19
that the Commission determines are necessary for li-20
censing and oversight relating to high-assay, low-en-21
riched uranium, including— 22
(A) certifications relating to transportation 23
packages for— 24
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(i) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 1
with an assay greater than 5 weight per-2
cent, but less than 10 weight percent, of the 3
uranium-235 isotope; and 4
(ii) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 5
with an assay greater than or equal to 10 6
weight percent, but less than 20 weight per-7
cent, of the uranium-235 isotope; and 8
(B) licensing of fuel enrichment, 9
deconversion, and fabrication facilities for high- 10
assay, low-enriched uranium, and associated 11
physical security plans for those facilities; 12
(3) identifies and describes any updates to regu-13
lations, certifications, and other regulatory policies 14
that the Commission determines are necessary to ad-15
dress nuclear nonproliferation considerations that— 16
(A) are within the mission of the Commis-17
sion; and 18
(B) are associated with— 19
(i) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 20
with an assay greater than 5 weight per-21
cent, but less than 10 weight percent, of the 22
uranium-235 isotope; or 23
(ii) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 24
with an assay greater than or equal to 10 25
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weight percent, but less than 20 weight per-1
cent, of the uranium-235 isotope; 2
(4) identifies and describes— 3
(A) any data needs, regulatory require-4
ments, or policies identified under paragraph 5
(1), (2), or (3) that— 6
(i) differ based on whether they are re-7
lated to— 8
(I) high-assay, low-enriched ura-9
nium with an assay greater than 5 10
weight percent, but less than 10 weight 11
percent, of the uranium-235 isotope; or 12
(II) high-assay, low-enriched ura-13
nium with an assay greater than or 14
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 15
than 20 weight percent, of the ura-16
nium-235 isotope; or 17
(ii) are unique to— 18
(I) high-assay, low-enriched ura-19
nium with an assay greater than 5 20
weight percent, but less than 10 weight 21
percent, of the uranium-235 isotope; or 22
(II) high-assay, low-enriched ura-23
nium with an assay greater than or 24
equal to 10 weight percent, but less 25
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than 20 weight percent, of the ura-1
nium-235 isotope; 2
(B) the manner in which the data needs, 3
regulatory requirements, or policies identified 4
under subparagraph (A)(i) differ as described in 5
that subparagraph; and 6
(C) the extent to which the data needs, regu-7
latory requirements, or policies identified under 8
subparagraph (A)(ii) are unique to either— 9
(i) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 10
with an assay greater than 5 weight per-11
cent, but less than 10 weight percent, of the 12
uranium-235 isotope; or 13
(ii) high-assay, low-enriched uranium 14
with an assay greater than or equal to 10 15
weight percent, but less than 20 weight per-16
cent, of the uranium-235 isotope; and 17
(5) includes a timeline for completing the up-18
dates described in paragraphs (2) and (3) within the 19
existing regulatory framework. 20
SEC. 402. NATIONAL STRATEGIC URANIUM RESERVE. 21
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 22
(1) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means the 23
program established under subsection (b)(1). 24
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(2) URANIUM RESERVE.—The term ‘‘Uranium 1
Reserve’’ means the uranium reserve operated pursu-2
ant to the program. 3
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 4
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 5
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, sub-6
ject to the availability of appropriations, shall estab-7
lish a program to operate a uranium reserve in ac-8
cordance with this section. 9
(2) AUTHORITY.—In establishing the program 10
and operating the Uranium Reserve, the Secretary 11
shall use the authority granted to the Secretary by 12
sections 53, 63, and 161 g. of the Atomic Energy Act 13
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2093, 2201(g)). 14
(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Uranium Reserve 15
are— 16
(1) to provide assurance of the availability of 17
uranium recovered in the United States in the event 18
of a market disruption; and 19
(2) to support strategic fuel cycle capabilities in 20
the United States. 21
(d) EXCLUSION.—The Secretary shall exclude from the 22
Uranium Reserve uranium that is recovered in the United 23
States by an entity that— 24
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(1) is owned or controlled by the Government of 1
the Russian Federation or the Government of the Peo-2
ple’s Republic of China; or 3
(2) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise 4
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation 5
or the People’s Republic of China. 6
(e) ACQUISITION.— 7
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 8
for the Uranium Reserve only uranium recovered 9
from a facility described in paragraph (2), including, 10
subject to paragraph (3), uranium ore that has been 11
mined. 12
(2) FACILITIES DESCRIBED.—A facility referred 13
to in paragraph (1) is a facility that— 14
(A)(i) is licensed by the Commission as of 15
the date of enactment of this Act; 16
(ii) is not located on Tribal land; and 17
(iii) is not the subject of an enforcement ac-18
tion that— 19
(I) was taken— 20
(aa) in response to a violation of 21
a regulation in part 40 of title 10, 22
Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-23
cessor regulations); and 24
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(bb) during the 1-year period end-1
ing on the date on which the uranium 2
is acquired for the Uranium Reserve; 3
and 4
(II) was characterized as ‘‘escalated 5
enforcement’’; or 6
(B)(i) as of the date of enactment of this 7
Act, is licensed by a State that has entered into 8
an agreement with the Commission under section 9
274 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 10
U.S.C. 2021(b)); 11
(ii) is not located on Tribal land; and 12
(iii) is not the subject of an enforcement ac-13
tion that— 14
(I) was taken— 15
(aa) in response to a violation of 16
an applicable State requirement that is 17
compatible with the regulations of the 18
Commission in part 40 of title 10, 19
Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-20
cessor regulations); and 21
(bb) during the 1-year period end-22
ing on the date on which the uranium 23
is acquired for the Uranium Reserve; 24
and 25
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(II) was subject to further administra-1
tive actions, further orders, or the equiva-2
lent of further administrative actions or or-3
ders that, alone or in combination, are 4
equivalent to an enforcement action of the 5
Commission that would be characterized as 6
‘‘escalated enforcement’’ by the Commission, 7
as described in subparagraph (A)(iii)(II). 8
(3) REQUIREMENT.— 9
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 10
subparagraph (B), with respect to any uranium 11
ore acquired by a facility described in paragraph 12
(2) that has been mined, the Secretary may ac-13
quire for the Uranium Reserve only uranium ex-14
tracted from a conventional mine that is not lo-15
cated on— 16
(i) Tribal land; 17
(ii) land located within the outer 18
boundaries of the parcels of land described 19
in Public Land Order 7787 (77 Fed. Reg. 20
2563 (January 18, 2012)); or 21
(iii) Federal land that, as of October 1, 22
2020, is permanently withdrawn from loca-23
tion and entry under sections 2319 through 24
2344 of the Revised Statutes (commonly 25
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known as the ‘‘Mining Law of 1872’’) (30 1
U.S.C. 22 et seq.). 2
(B) REMOVAL AND REMEDIAL ACTIONS.— 3
The Secretary may acquire for the Uranium Re-4
serve uranium recovered from material obtained 5
as a result of removal or remedial actions car-6
ried out on abandoned mine land located on 7
Tribal land. 8
(f) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.—Not later than 90 9
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 10
shall publish a request for information to help the Secretary 11
evaluate— 12
(1) options for the operation and management of 13
the Uranium Reserve; 14
(2) contractual mechanisms pursuant to which 15
the Secretary could acquire uranium; and 16
(3) the quantities, form, transportation, and 17
storage of uranium in the Uranium Reserve. 18
(g) BUDGET REQUEST.—For each fiscal year begin-19
ning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 20
shall include in the budget justification submitted to Con-21
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 22
Code— 23
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(1) a request for amounts for the acquisition, 1
transportation, and storage of uranium in the Ura-2
nium Reserve; or 3
(2) an explanation of why amounts are not re-4
quested for the acquisition, transportation, or storage 5
of uranium in the Uranium Reserve. 6
SEC. 403. REPORT ON ADVANCED METHODS OF MANUFAC-7
TURING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR NUCLEAR 8
ENERGY APPLICATIONS. 9
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 10
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit 11
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report (referred 12
to in this subsection as the ‘‘report’’) on manufacturing and 13
construction for nuclear energy applications. 14
(b) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In developing the report, 15
the Commission shall seek input from— 16
(1) the Secretary; 17
(2) the nuclear energy industry; 18
(3) National Laboratories; 19
(4) institutions of higher education; 20
(5) nuclear and manufacturing technology devel-21
opers; 22
(6) the manufacturing and construction indus-23
tries; 24
(7) standards development organizations; 25
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(8) labor unions; 1
(9) nongovernmental organizations; and 2
(10) other public stakeholders. 3
(c) CONTENTS.— 4
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report shall— 5
(A) examine any unique licensing issues or 6
requirements relating to the use of innovative— 7
(i) advanced manufacturing processes; 8
and 9
(ii) advanced construction techniques; 10
(B) examine— 11
(i) the requirements for nuclear-grade 12
components in manufacturing and construc-13
tion for nuclear energy applications; 14
(ii) opportunities to use standard ma-15
terials, parts, or components in manufac-16
turing and construction for nuclear energy 17
applications; and 18
(iii) opportunities to use standard ma-19
terials that are in compliance with existing 20
codes to provide acceptable approaches to 21
support or encapsulate new materials that 22
do not yet have applicable codes; 23
(C) identify any safety aspects of innovative 24
advanced manufacturing processes and advanced 25
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construction techniques that are not addressed by 1
existing codes and standards, so that generic 2
guidance may be updated or created, as nec-3
essary; 4
(D) identify options for addressing the 5
issues, requirements, and opportunities examined 6
under subparagraphs (A) and (B)— 7
(i) within the existing regulatory 8
framework; or 9
(ii) through a new rulemaking; and 10
(E) describe the extent to which Commission 11
action is needed to implement any matter de-12
scribed in the report. 13
(2) COST ESTIMATES, BUDGETS, AND TIME-14
FRAMES.—The report shall include cost estimates, 15
proposed budgets, and proposed timeframes for imple-16
menting risk-informed and performance-based regu-17
latory guidance for manufacturing and construction 18
for nuclear energy applications. 19
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 20
SEC. 501. NUCLEAR ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 21
Section 313 of division C of the Omnibus Appropria-22
tions Act, 2009 (42 U.S.C. 16274a) is amended— 23
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 24
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in each of fiscal years 25
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2009 to 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 1
2021 through 2030,’’; and 2
(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(d) NUCLEAR ENERGY TRAINEESHIP SUBPRO-4
GRAM.— 5
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 6
‘‘(A) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 7
means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 8
‘‘(B) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-9
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-10
cation’ has the meaning given the term in sec-11
tion 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 12
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 13
‘‘(C) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term 14
‘National Laboratory’ has the meaning given the 15
term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 16
2005 (42 U.S.C 15801). 17
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commission shall 18
establish, as a subprogram of the Integrated Univer-19
sity Program established under this section, a work-20
force development subprogram under which the Com-21
mission, in coordination with institutions of higher 22
education and trade schools, shall competitively 23
award traineeships that provide focused training to 24
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meet critical mission needs of the Commission and 1
nuclear workforce needs, including needs relating to— 2
‘‘(A) nuclear criticality safety; and 3
‘‘(B) the nuclear tradecraft workforce. 4
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 5
workforce development program described in para-6
graph (2), the Commission shall— 7
‘‘(A) coordinate with the Secretary to 8
prioritize the funding of traineeships that focus 9
on— 10
‘‘(i) nuclear workforce needs; and 11
‘‘(ii) critical mission needs of the Com-12
mission; 13
‘‘(B) encourage appropriate partnerships 14
among— 15
‘‘(i) National Laboratories; 16
‘‘(ii) institutions of higher education; 17
‘‘(iii) trade schools; and 18
‘‘(iv) the nuclear energy industry; and 19
‘‘(C) on an annual basis, evaluate nuclear 20
workforce needs for the purpose of implementing 21
traineeships in focused topical areas that— 22
‘‘(i) address the workforce needs of that 23
community; and 24
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‘‘(ii) support critical mission needs of 1
the Commission.’’. 2
SEC. 502. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL 3
AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN-4
VENTORY IN THE UNITED STATES. 5
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
(1) HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.—The 7
term ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’ has the meaning 8
given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Pol-9
icy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 10
(2) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 11
nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-12
tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 13
U.S.C. 10101). 14
(3) STANDARD CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘standard 15
contract’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘contract’’ 16
in section 961.3 of title 10, Code of Federal Regula-17
tions (or a successor regulation). 18
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2022, and 19
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 20
a report that describes— 21
(1) the annual and cumulative amount of pay-22
ments made by the United States to the holder of a 23
standard contract due to a partial breach of contract 24
under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 25
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U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) resulting in financial damages 1
to the holder; 2
(2) the amount spent by the Department to re-3
duce future payments projected to be made by the 4
United States to any holder of a standard contract 5
due to a partial breach of contract under the Nuclear 6
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.); 7
(3) the cumulative amount spent by the Depart-8
ment to store, manage, and dispose of spent nuclear 9
fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United 10
States as of the date of the report; 11
(4) the projected lifecycle costs to store, manage, 12
transport, and dispose of the projected inventory of 13
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in 14
the United States, including spent nuclear fuel and 15
high-level radioactive waste expected to be generated 16
from existing reactors through 2050; 17
(5) any mechanisms for better accounting of li-18
abilities for the lifecycle costs of the spent nuclear fuel 19
and high-level radioactive waste inventory in the 20
United States; and 21
(6) any recommendations for improving the 22
methods used by the Department for the accounting of 23
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste 24
costs and liabilities. 25
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SEC. 503. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1
SUPERFUND ACTIONS AT ABANDONED MIN-2
ING SITES ON TRIBAL LAND. 3
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
(1) ELIGIBLE NON-NPL SITE.—The term ‘‘eligi-5
ble non-NPL site’’ means a site that— 6
(A) is not on the National Priorities List; 7
but 8
(B) the Administrator determines would be 9
eligible for listing on the National Priorities List 10
based on the presence of hazards from contami-11
nation at the site, applying the hazard ranking 12
system described in section 105(c) of the Com-13
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-14
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 15
9605(c)). 16
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 17
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in sec-18
tion 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-19
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 20
U.S.C. 9601). 21
(3) NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST.—The term ‘‘Na-22
tional Priorities List’’ means the National Priorities 23
List developed by the President in accordance with 24
section 105(a)(8)(B) of the Comprehensive Environ-25
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mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)(B)). 2
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 3
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2021 4
through 2030, to remain available until expended— 5
(1) $97,000,000 to the Administrator to carry 6
out this section (except for subsection (d)); and 7
(2) $3,000,000 to the Administrator of the Agen-8
cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry 9
out subsection (d). 10
(c) USES OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts appropriated under 11
subsection (b)(1) shall be used by the Administrator— 12
(1) to carry out removal actions on abandoned 13
mine land located on Tribal land; 14
(2) to carry out remedial actions on abandoned 15
mine land located on Tribal land at— 16
(A) eligible non-NPL sites; and 17
(B) sites listed on the National Priorities 18
List; and 19
(3) to make grants under subsection (e). 20
(d) HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.—Subject to the avail-21
ability of appropriations, the Agency for Toxic Substances 22
and Disease Registry, in coordination with Tribal health 23
authorities, shall perform 1 or more health assessments at 24
each eligible non-NPL site that is located on Tribal land. 25
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(e) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 1
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may use 2
amounts appropriated under subsection (b)(1) to 3
make grants to Indian Tribes on whose land is lo-4
cated an eligible non-NPL site. 5
(2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant under 6
paragraph (1) shall be used in accordance with the 7
second sentence of section 117(e)(1) of the Comprehen-8
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Li-9
ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9617(e)(1)). 10
(3) LIMITATIONS.—A grant under paragraph (1) 11
shall be governed by the rules, procedures, and limita-12
tions described in section 117(e)(2) of the Comprehen-13
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Li-14
ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9617(e)(2)), except 15
that— 16
(A) ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental 17
Protection Agency’’ shall be substituted for 18
‘‘President’’ each place it appears in that sec-19
tion; and 20
(B) in the first sentence of that section, 21
‘‘under section 503 of the American Nuclear In-22
frastructure Act of 2020’’ shall be substituted for 23
‘‘under this subsection’’. 24
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(f) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—If a remedial action 1
described in subsection (c)(2) is scheduled at an eligible 2
non-NPL site, no action may be commenced for damages 3
(as defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environ-4
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 5
(42 U.S.C. 9601)) with respect to that eligible non-NPL site 6
unless the action is commenced within the timeframe pro-7
vided for such actions with respect to facilities on the Na-8
tional Priorities List in the first sentence of the matter fol-9
lowing subparagraph (B) of section 113(g)(1) of that Act 10
(42 U.S.C. 9613(g)(1)). 11
(g) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall coordi-12
nate with the Indian Tribe on whose land the applicable 13
site is located in— 14
(1) selecting and prioritizing sites for removal 15
actions and remedial actions under paragraphs (1) 16
and (2) of subsection (c); and 17
(2) carrying out those removal actions and reme-18
dial actions. 19
SEC. 504. NUCLEAR CLOSURE COMMUNITIES. 20
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 21
(1) COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.—The term 22
‘‘community advisory board’’ means a community 23
committee or other advisory organization that aims to 24
foster communication and information exchange be-25
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tween a licensee planning for and involved in decom-1
missioning activities and members of the community 2
that decommissioning activities may affect. 3
(2) DECOMMISSION.—The term ‘‘decommission’’ 4
has the meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 5
10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-6
tions). 7
(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible re-8
cipient’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 9
of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 10
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3122). 11
(4) LICENSEE.—The term ‘‘licensee’’ has the 12
meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 10, 13
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-14
tions). 15
(5) NUCLEAR CLOSURE COMMUNITY.—The term 16
‘‘nuclear closure community’’ means a unit of local 17
government, including a county, city, town, village, 18
school district, or special district that has been im-19
pacted, or reasonably demonstrates to the satisfaction 20
of the Secretary, that it will be impacted, by a nu-21
clear power plant licensed by the Commission that 22
has ceased operation or has provided a written notifi-23
cation to the Commission that it will cease operations 24
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 25
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(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1
the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assist-2
ant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Develop-3
ment. 4
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 5
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall estab-6
lish a grant program to provide grants to eligible recipi-7
ents— 8
(1) to assist with economic development in nu-9
clear closure communities; and 10
(2) to fund community advisory boards in nu-11
clear closure communities. 12
(c) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out this section, to 13
the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall imple-14
ment the recommendations described in the report sub-15
mitted to Congress under section 108 of the Nuclear Energy 16
Innovation and Modernization Act (Public Law 115–439; 17
132 Stat. 5577) entitled ‘‘Best Practices for Establishment 18
and Operation of Local Community Advisory Boards Asso-19
ciated with Decommissioning Activities at Nuclear Power 20
Plants’’. 21
(d) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall es-22
tablish a formula to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-23
ticable, geographic diversity among grant recipients under 24
this section. 25
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 1
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-2
propriated to the Secretary— 3
(A) to carry out subsection (b)(1), 4
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 5
2026; and 6
(B) to carry out subsection (b)(2), 7
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 8
2023. 9
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available 10
under this section shall remain available for a period 11
of 5 years beginning on the date on which the 12
amounts are made available. 13
(3) NO OFFSET.—None of the funds made avail-14
able under this section may be used to offset the fund-15
ing for any other Federal program. 16
SEC. 505. REPORT ON CORPORATE SUPPORT. 17
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 18
of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the appropriate 19
committees of Congress and make publicly available a re-20
port that describes— 21
(1) the progress on the implementation of section 22
102(a)(3) of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Mod-23
ernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215(a)(3)); and 24
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(2) whether the Commission is meeting and is 1
expected to meet the total budget authority caps re-2
quired for corporate support under that section. 3
SEC. 506. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 4
Section 104 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 5
U.S.C. 2134(c)) is amended— 6
(1) by striking the third sentence and inserting 7
the following: 8
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON UTILIZATION FACILITIES.— 9
The Commission may issue a license under this sec-10
tion for a utilization facility useful in the conduct of 11
research and development activities of the types speci-12
fied in section 31 if— 13
‘‘(A) not more than 75 percent of the an-14
nual costs to the licensee of owning and oper-15
ating the facility are devoted to the sale, other 16
than for research and development or education 17
and training, of— 18
‘‘(i) nonenergy services; 19
‘‘(ii) energy; or 20
‘‘(iii) a combination of nonenergy serv-21
ices and energy; and 22
‘‘(B) not more than 50 percent of the an-23
nual costs to the licensee of owning and oper-24
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(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 3
Commission’’ and inserting the following: 4
‘‘(2) REGULATION.—The Commission’’; and 5
(3) by striking ‘‘c. The Commission’’ and insert-6
ing the following: 7
‘‘c. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.— 8
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 9
and (3), the Commission’’. 10
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