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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1363 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1363

   To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report 
  assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, 
     host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor 
 prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the 
                         Department of Energy.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2015

   Mr. Crapo introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
   To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report 
  assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, 
     host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor 
 prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the 
                         Department of Energy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 
the National Laboratories, relevant Federal agencies, and other 
stakeholders, shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Natural 
Resources and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives a report assessing the capability of the Department of 
Energy (referred to in this section as the ``Department'') to 
authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission 
reactor prototypes up to 20 megawatts thermal output and related 
demonstration facilities at sites owned by the Department.
    (b) Content.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
describe the results of an assessment of--
            (1) the safety review and oversight capabilities of the 
        Department;
            (2) potential sites capable of hosting research, 
        development, and demonstration of prototype reactors and 
        related facilities for the purpose of reducing technical risk;
            (3) the existing physical and technical capabilities of the 
        Department and the National Laboratories relevant to research, 
        development, and oversight;
            (4) the efficacy of the available contractual mechanisms of 
        the Department, including--
                    (A) cooperative research and development 
                agreements;
                    (B) work for others agreements; and
                    (C) agreements for commercializing technology;
            (5) potential cost structures relating to physical 
        security, decommissioning, liability, and other long-term 
        project costs; and
            (6) other challenges or considerations identified by the 
        Secretary of Energy, including issues relating to potential 
        cases of demonstration reactors up to 2 gigawatts of thermal 
        output.
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