‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities conducted under this 
section may include research involving— 
‘‘(1) advanced reactor materials; 
‘‘(2) advanced radiation mitigation methods; 
‘‘(3) advanced proliferation and security risk 
assessment methods; 
‘‘(4) advanced sensors and instrumentation; 
‘‘(5) advanced nuclear manufacturing methods; 
‘‘(6) high performance computation modeling, 
including multiphysics, multidimensional modeling 
and simulation for nuclear energy systems; and 
‘‘(7) any crosscutting technology or trans-
formative concept aimed at establishing substantial 
and revolutionary enhancements in the performance 
of future nuclear energy systems that the Secretary 
considers relevant and appropriate to the purpose of 
this section. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit, as part 
of the annual budget submission of the Department, a re-
port on the activities of the program conducted under this 
section, which shall include a brief evaluation of each ac-
tivity’s progress.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by 
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adding at the end of the items for subtitle E of title IX 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 958. Nuclear energy enabling technologies.’’. 
SEC. 228. TECHNICAL STANDARDS COLLABORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology shall establish a nu-
clear energy standards committee (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘technical standards committee’’) to facilitate 
and support, consistent with the National Technology 
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, the development 
or revision of technical standards for new and existing nu-
clear power plants and advanced nuclear technologies. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The technical standards 
committee shall include representatives from appro-
priate Federal agencies and the private sector, and 
be open to materially affected organizations involved 
in the development or application of nuclear energy- 
related standards. 
(2) CO-CHAIRS.—The technical standards com-
mittee shall be co-chaired by a representative from 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
and a representative from a private sector standards 
organization. 
(c) DUTIES.—The technical standards committee 
shall, in cooperation with appropriate Federal agencies— 
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(1) perform a needs assessment to identify and 
evaluate the technical standards that are needed to 
support nuclear energy, including those needed to 
support new and existing nuclear power plants and 
advanced nuclear technologies; 
(2) formulate, coordinate, and recommend pri-
orities for the development of new technical stand-
ards and the revision of existing technical standards 
to address the needs identified under paragraph (1); 
(3) facilitate and support collaboration and co-
operation among standards developers to address the 
needs and priorities identified under paragraphs (1) 
and (2); 
(4) as appropriate, coordinate with other na-
tional, regional, or international efforts on nuclear 
energy-related technical standards in order to avoid 
conflict and duplication and to ensure global com-
patibility; and 
(5) promote the establishment and maintenance 
of a database of nuclear energy-related technical 
standards. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2015 to the Director of the National Institute of 
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Standards and Technology for activities under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 229. EVALUATION OF LONG-TERM OPERATING NEEDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Academies to conduct an 
evaluation of the scientific and technological challenges to 
the long-term maintenance and safe operation of currently 
deployed nuclear power reactors up to and beyond the 
specified design-life of reactor systems. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
the Congress, and make publically available, the results 
of the evaluation undertaken by the Academies pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
SEC. 230. AVAILABLE FACILITIES DATABASE. 
The Secretary shall prepare a database of non-Fed-
eral user facilities receiving Federal funds that may be 
used for unclassified nuclear energy research.
The Sec-
retary shall make this database accessible on the Depart-
ment’s website. 
SEC. 231. NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL. 
To the extent consistent with the requirements of 
current law, the Department shall be responsible for dis-
posal of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel 
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generated by reactors under the programs authorized in 
this subtitle, or the amendments made by this subtitle. 
Subtitle C—Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable 
Energy 
Research 
and Development 
SEC. 241. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
Section 911 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16191) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 911. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
‘‘(a) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of energy efficiency research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application, including activi-
ties described in this subtitle. Such programs shall 
prioritize activities that industry by itself is not likely to 
undertake because of technical, financial, or regulatory 
uncertainty, and take into consideration the following ob-
jectives: 
‘‘(1) Increasing energy efficiency. 
‘‘(2) Reducing the cost of energy and making 
the economy more competitive. 
‘‘(3) Improving the energy security of the 
United States. 
‘‘(4) Reducing the environmental impact of en-
ergy-related activities. 
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