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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6618 

To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make awards to cover regulatory 

costs relating to licensing certain first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear reactors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2022 

Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make awards to 

cover regulatory costs relating to licensing certain firstof-a-kind advanced nuclear reactors. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Nuclear Re5 actor Prize Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR PRIZES. 

7 Section 103 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and 

8 Modernization Act (Public Law 115–439; 132 Stat. 5571) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(f) PRIZE FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR LI2 CENSING.— 

3 ‘‘(1) PRIZE FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR

4 LICENSING.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail6 ability of appropriations, the Secretary may 

7 make, with respect to each award category de8 scribed in subparagraph (C), an award in the 

9 amount described in subparagraph (B) to the 

10 first non-Federal entity to which the Commis11 sion issues— 

12 ‘‘(i) an operating license for an ad13 vanced nuclear reactor under part 50 of 

14 title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

15 any successor regulation), for which a li16 cense has not been issued by the Commis17 sion as of the date of enactment of this 

18 subsection; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) a finding required under section 

20 52.103(g) of title 10, Code of Federal Reg21 ulations (or any successor regulation), with 

22 respect to a combined license for an ad23 vanced nuclear reactor— 


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1 ‘‘(I) that is issued under subpart 

2 C of part 52 of such title (or any suc3 cessor regulation); and 

4 ‘‘(II) for which a license has not 

5 been issued by the Commission as of 

6 the date of enactment of this sub7 section. 

8 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—Except as pro9 vided in paragraph (2), an award made under 

10 subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the total 

11 amount assessed by the Commission and col12 lected under section 102(b)(2) from the entity 

13 receiving the award for costs relating to the 

14 issuance of the license described in that sub15 paragraph, including, as applicable, costs relat16 ing to the issuance of an associated construc17 tion permit (as described in section 50.23 of 

18 title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

19 successor regulation)) or early site permit (as 

20 defined in section 52.1 of that title (or any suc21 cessor regulation)). 

22 ‘‘(C) AWARD CATEGORIES.—The award 

23 categories described in this subparagraph are 

24 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) The first advanced nuclear reac2 tor for which the Commission issues— 

3 ‘‘(I) a license in accordance with 

4 clause (i) of subparagraph (A); or 

5 ‘‘(II) a finding in accordance 

6 with clause (ii) of that subparagraph. 

7 ‘‘(ii) An advanced nuclear reactor 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(I) uses isotopes derived from 

10 spent nuclear fuel (as defined in sec11 tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy 

12 Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)) or 

13 depleted uranium as fuel for the ad14 vanced nuclear reactor; and 

15 ‘‘(II) is the first advanced nu16 clear reactor described in subclause 

17 (I) for which the Commission issues— 

18 ‘‘(aa) a license in accordance 

19 with clause (i) of subparagraph 

20 (A); or 

21 ‘‘(bb) a finding in accord22 ance with clause (ii) of that sub23 paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(iii) An advanced nuclear reactor 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) operates to generate elec2 tricity or high temperature process 

3 heat for nonelectric applications; and 

4 ‘‘(II) is the first advanced nu5 clear reactor described in subclause 

6 (I) for which the Commission issues— 

7 ‘‘(aa) a license in accordance 

8 with clause (i) of subparagraph 

9 (A); or 

10 ‘‘(bb) a finding in accord11 ance with clause (ii) of that sub12 paragraph. 

13 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL FUNDING LIMITATION.—An 

14 award made under this subsection may not exceed 

15 the amount that is equal to— 

16 ‘‘(A) the total amount expended by the 

17 non-Federal entity with respect to licensing 

18 costs relating to the license for which the award 

19 is made; less 

20 ‘‘(B) the amount that is equal to— 

21 ‘‘(i) any expenditures made with Fed22 eral funds for the applicable project; plus 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the minimum cost-share required 

2 under section 988 of the Energy Policy Act 

3 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352).’’. 

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