ing recommendations for implementing the results
and schedules for such implementation.
(b) LONG-RANGE PLAN.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the high energy and nuclear physics
communities, shall prepare a long-range plan for the
Department of Energy high energy and nuclear
physics programs based on current and projected
program funding levels. The Secretary shall coordi-
nate the preparation of the plan with the Director
of the National Science Foundation, as appropriate,
to ensure that long-range planning efforts and objec-
tives for the entire Federal high energy and nuclear
physics program are appropriately integrated. The
plan shall be modified every 3 years. The long-range
plan shall include—
(A) a list of research opportunities to be
pursued, including both ongoing and proposed
activities, listed in order of priority;
(B) an analysis of the relevance of each re-
search facility to the research opportunities list-
ed under subparagraph (A);
(C) a statement of the optimal balance for
the fiscal year in which the report is submitted
among facility operations, construction, and re-
search support and the optimal balance between
university and laboratory research programs;
(D) schedules for continuation, consolida-
tion, or termination of each major category of
research programs, and continuation, upgrade,
transfer, or closure of each research facility;
(E) a statement by project of efforts to co-
ordinate research projects with the international
community to maximize the use of limited re-
sources and avoid unproductive duplication of
efforts;
(F) a description of the extent to which the
plan modifications differ from previous plans
submitted under this subsection, along with an
explanation for such differences; and
(G) an estimate of—
(i) the number of scientists and grad-
uate students being supported by Federal
high energy and nuclear physics programs;
and
(ii) the number of scientists and grad-
uate students needed to carry out produc-
tive and sustainable research programs in
these fields over the next 10 years.
(2) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—(A) The Sec-
retary shall transmit a copy of the original long-
range plan with the President’s annual budget re-
quest to Congress for fiscal year 1997. The plan as
modified shall be submitted with the President’s
budget request to Congress for every third fiscal
year thereafter.
(B) The Secretary shall transmit with the
President’s budget request to Congress each year a
report demonstrating the consistency of the current
long-range plan with the budget being requested for
the Department’s high energy and nuclear physics
programs.
(c) CAPITAL BUDGET ACCOUNT.—Each of the Presi-
dent’s annual budget requests to the Congress for high
energy physics activities of the Department, and for nu-
clear physics activities of the Department, shall distin-
guish between the budget for capital expenditures, includ-
ing all ongoing and planned major construction and cap-
ital equipment items, and other activities.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. UNIVERSITY RADIATION SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the future of fusion energy and advanced
nuclear energy technology research and development
programs will rely heavily on a healthy and vibrant
university-based radiation science and nuclear engi-
neering academic program;
(2) nuclear engineering is a broad, diverse field
with unique academic requirements, including math-
ematics, physics, reactor engineering, nuclear mate-
rials, radiation protection, and reactivity control and
operations;
(3) nuclear engineering academic programs at
both undergraduate and graduate levels have de-
clined in terms of the number of students enrolling
in such programs, the number of schools offering
such programs, and the number of research reactors
available on university campuses;
(4) the existing nuclear technical community
and faculties are aging, and new, younger graduates
are not entering the field, threatening the United
States technological superiority in this area;
(5) a robust, long-term fusion program will be
dependent on the availability of properly trained sci-
entific experts to carry on the program from the cur-
rent leaders in the field;
(6) in the 1950s and 1960s, the Federal Gov-
ernment was instrumental in founding and funding
the University Research Reactor program and the
Nuclear Engineering Education and Research pro-
gram, and as a primary user of the graduates of
these programs, continued strong support for these
programs for decades;
(7) the decline of Federal support for these pro-
grams has forced many universities to close down re-
search reactors and seriously erode the accompany-
ing academic programs;
(8) the current condition of the university re-
search reactors needs attention and funding to up-
grade instrumentation and safety features; and
(9) the Federal Government should continue its
fuel assistance program in order to avert further
hardships to the universities.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are
to—
(1) provide Federal support and maintain and
upgrade the Nation’s Nuclear Engineering Edu-
cation and Research and University Research Reac-
tor programs, while continuing the University Reac-
tor Fuel Assistance program;
(2) combine these programs into a comprehen-
sive and cohesive national program which will sup-
port the future needs of the Nation across many sci-
entific and technological disciplines; and
(3) provide the nuclear engineering education
and university research reactor academic community
opportunities to consult and cooperate with the De-
partment of Energy and the national laboratories in
the decisionmaking and priority setting processes.
(c) PROGRAM DIRECTION.—
(1) COMBINING OF PROGRAMS.—The Secretary
shall combine the Nuclear Engineering Research and
Education program, the University Research Reac-
tor program, and the University Reactor Fuel As-
sistance program to form a new University Radi-
ation Science and Technology program to be in-
cluded as a separate and distinct part of the Univer-
sity and Science Education program.
(2) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary, in devel-
oping the annual budget request and program plan
for the University Radiation Science and Technology
program, shall collaborate with the university radi-
ation science and technology community (including
academia, professional societies, and the national
laboratories).
(d) REPORTS.—
(1) COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.—The Secretary
shall request the Nuclear Engineering Education
Department Heads Organization and the National
Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reac-
tors to submit, within 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, to the Congress and the Sec-
retary a minimum of a 5-year comprehensive na-
tional plan for the University Radiation Science and
Technology program. Such plan shall include com-
ments from industry and all appropriate professional
societies.
(2) PROGRAM
PROPOSAL.—Within 120 days
after the submittal of the plan under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a Univer-
sity Radiation Science and Technology program pro-
posal, which shall incorporate the plan submitted
under paragraph (1) and shall include comments
from the National Academy of Sciences regarding
the completeness of the program proposal.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out the University Radiation Science and Tech-
nology Program $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,