issuing licenses for certain nuclear facilities to an alien 
or an entity owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, 
a foreign corporation, or a foreign government. 
SEC. 5. STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE ELIMINATION OF 
MANDATORY HEARING FOR UNCONTESTED 
LICENSING APPLICATIONS. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Energy, shall transmit to Congress a re-
port containing the results of a study on the impact of 
the elimination of mandatory hearings for uncontested li-
censing and construction permit applications under the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 
SEC. 6. INFORMAL HEARING PROCEDURES. 
(a) PROCEDURES.—Section 189 a. of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2239(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Any hearing under this section shall be con-
ducted using informal adjudicatory procedures in accord-
ance with sections 553 and 555 of title 5, United States 
Code, unless the Commission determines that formal adju-
dicatory procedures are necessary— 
‘‘(A) to develop a sufficient record; or 
‘‘(B) to achieve fairness.’’. 
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(b) HEARINGS ON LICENSING OF URANIUM ENRICH-
MENT FACILITIES.—Section 193 b. of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2243(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘on the 
record’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and 63’’ and 
inserting ‘‘if a person the interest of whom may be 
affected by the construction and operation of a ura-
nium enrichment facility under sections 53 and 63 
has requested a hearing regarding the licensing of 
the construction and operation of the facility’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Such hear-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘If a hearing is held under para-
graph (1), the hearing’’. 
SEC. 7. APPLICATION REVIEWS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY 
PROJECTS. 
Section 185 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2235) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘c. APPLICATION REVIEWS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) STREAMLINING LICENSE APPLICATION RE-
VIEW.—With respect to an application that is dock-
eted seeking issuance of a construction permit, oper-
ating license, or combined construction permit and 
operating license for a production or utilization facil-
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ity, the Commission shall include the following pro-
cedures: 
‘‘(A) Undertake an expedited environ-
mental review process and issue any draft envi-
ronmental impact statement within 24 months 
after the application is accepted for docketing. 
‘‘(B) Complete the technical review process 
and issue any safety evaluation report and any 
final environmental impact statement within 42 
months after the application is accepted for 
docketing. 
‘‘(2) EARLY SITE PERMIT.— 
‘‘(A) SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IM-
PACT STATEMENT.—In a proceeding for a com-
bined construction permit and operating license 
for a site for which an early site permit has 
been issued, any environmental impact state-
ment prepared by the Commission and cooper-
ating agencies shall be prepared as a supple-
ment to the environmental impact statement 
prepared for the early site permit. 
‘‘(B) INCORPORATION
BY
REFERENCE.— 
The supplemental environmental impact state-
ment shall— 
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‘‘(i) incorporate by reference the anal-
ysis, findings, and conclusions from the en-
vironmental impact statement prepared for 
the early site permit; and 
‘‘(ii) include additional discussion, 
analyses, findings, and conclusions on mat-
ters resolved in the early site permit pro-
ceeding only to the extent necessary to ad-
dress information that is new and signifi-
cant in that the information would materi-
ally change the prior findings or conclu-
sions. 
‘‘(3) PRODUCTION
OR
UTILIZATION
FACILITY 
LOCATED AT AN EXISTING SITE.—In reviewing an 
application for an early site permit, construction 
permit, operating license, or combined construction 
permit and operating license for a production or uti-
lization facility located at the site of a licensed pro-
duction or utilization facility, the Commission shall, 
to the extent practicable, use information that was 
part of the licensing basis of the licensed production 
or utilization facility. 
‘‘(4) HEARING ON EARLY SITE PERMIT, CON-
STRUCTION PERMIT, AND COMBINED CONSTRUCTION 
PERMIT AND OPERATING LICENSE.—The Commis-
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sion shall issue and make immediately effective an 
early site permit or construction permit for a pro-
duction or utilization facility upon finding that the 
application therefor satisfies the requirements of this 
Act, notwithstanding the pendency before the Com-
mission of a request for a hearing. Following com-
pletion of any required hearing, the Commission 
shall take any appropriate action with respect to the 
early site permit, construction permit, or combined 
construction permit and operating license to the ex-
tent necessary to account for the hearing results. 
‘‘(5) REGULATIONS.—The Commission shall 
initiate a rulemaking, to be completed 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Nuclear Utilization of 
Keynote Energy Act, to amend the regulations of 
the Commission to implement this subsection. 
‘‘(6) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Nothing 
in this subsection exempts the Commission from any 
requirement 
for 
full 
compliance 
with 
section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).’’. 
SEC. 8. NUCLEAR REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING. 
(a) RULEMAKING.—Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201–2210i) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 170J. DECOMMISSIONING NUCLEAR REACTOR 
RULEMAKING.— 
‘‘The Commission shall, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, initiate a rulemaking 
proceeding, including notice and opportunity for public 
comment, to be completed not later than 48 months after 
that date, to address the regulatory framework for decom-
missioning nuclear reactors licensed under section 103 or 
104b.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 170J. Decommissioning nuclear reactor rulemaking.’’. 
Æ 
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