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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
Secretary shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry 
out this section. 
(2) INTERIM FINAL RULEMAKING.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
issue for public comment an interim final rule regulating con-
tracts authorized by this section. 
(3) NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
issue a notice of final rulemaking regulating the contracts. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 639. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST RELATING TO CONTRACTS AND 
OTHER ARRANGEMENTS. 
Section 170A b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2210a(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; 
(2) by striking ‘‘b. The Commission’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘b. EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.—Notwithstanding 
any conflict of interest, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
may enter into a contract, agreement, or arrangement with 
the Department of Energy or the operator of a Department 
of Energy facility, if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission deter-
mines that— 
‘‘(A) the conflict of interest cannot be mitigated; and 
‘‘(B) adequate justification exists to proceed without 
mitigation of the conflict of interest.’’. 
Subtitle C—Next Generation Nuclear Plant 
Project 
SEC. 641. PROJECT ESTABLISHMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a project 
to be known as the ‘‘Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project’’ 
(referred to in this subtitle as the ‘‘Project’’). 
(b) CONTENT.—The Project shall consist of the research, 
development, design, construction, and operation of a prototype 
plant, including a nuclear reactor that— 
(1) is based on research and development activities sup-
ported by the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative 
under section 942(d); and 
(2) shall be used— 
(A) to generate electricity; 
(B) to produce hydrogen; or 
(C) both to generate electricity and to produce 
hydrogen.
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SEC. 642. PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Project shall be managed in the 
Department by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and 
Technology. 
(2) GENERATION IV NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS PROGRAM.—
The Secretary may combine the Project with the Generation 
IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative. 
(3) EXISTING DOE PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE.—The 
Secretary may utilize capabilities for review of construction 
projects for advanced scientific facilities within the Office of 
Science to track the progress of the Project. 
(b) LABORATORY MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) LEAD
LABORATORY.—The Idaho National Laboratory 
shall be the lead National Laboratory for the Project and shall 
collaborate with other National Laboratories, institutions of 
higher 
education, 
other 
research 
institutes, 
industrial 
researchers, and international researchers to carry out the 
Project. 
(2) INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Idaho National Laboratory shall 
organize a consortium of appropriate industrial partners 
that will carry out cost-shared research, development, 
design, and construction activities, and operate research 
facilities, on behalf of the Project. 
(B) COST-SHARING.—Activities of industrial partners 
funded by the Project shall be cost-shared in accordance 
with section 988. 
(C) PREFERENCE.—Preference in determining the final 
structure of the consortium or any partnerships under this 
subtitle shall be given to a structure (including designating 
as a lead industrial partner an entity incorporated in the 
United States) that retains United States technological 
leadership in the Project while maximizing cost sharing 
opportunities and minimizing Federal funding responsibil-
ities. 
(3) PROTOTYPE
PLANT
SITING.—The prototype nuclear 
reactor and associated plant shall be sited at the Idaho National 
Laboratory in Idaho. 
(4) REACTOR
TEST
CAPABILITIES.—The Project shall use, 
if appropriate, reactor test capabilities at the Idaho National 
Laboratory. 
(5) OTHER
LABORATORY
CAPABILITIES.—The Project may 
use, if appropriate, facilities at other National Laboratories. 
SEC. 643. PROJECT ORGANIZATION. 
(a) MAJOR PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The Project shall consist of 
the following major program elements: 
(1) High-temperature hydrogen production technology 
development and validation. 
(2) Energy conversion technology development and valida-
tion. 
(3) Nuclear fuel development, characterization, and quali-
fication. 
(4) Materials selection, development, testing, and qualifica-
tion.