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SEC. 602. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION
OF
NUCLEAR
REGULATORY
COMMISSION LICENSEES.—Section 170 c. of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘LI-
CENSES’’ and inserting ‘‘LICENSEES’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CONTRACTORS.—Section 170 d.(1)(A) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)(1)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31,
2025’’.
(c) INDEMNIFICATION OF NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Section 170 k. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(k)) is amended by striking ‘‘August
1, 2002’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December
31, 2025’’.
SEC. 603. MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT.
Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2210) is amended—
(1) in the second proviso of the third sentence of
subsection b.(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$63,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$95,800,000’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 in any 1
year’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000 in any 1 year
(subject to adjustment for inflation under sub-
section t.)’’; and
(2) in subsection t.(1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘total and annual’’ after
‘‘amount of the maximum’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment
of the Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988’’
and inserting ‘‘August 20, 2003’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘such
date of enactment’’ and inserting ‘‘August 20,
2003’’.
SEC. 604. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LIABILITY LIMIT.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CONTRACTORS.—Section 170 d. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)) (as amended by section 602(b))
is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) In an agreement of indemnification entered into
under paragraph (1), the Secretary—
‘‘(A) may require the contractor to provide and
maintain financial protection of such a type and in
such amounts as the Secretary determines to be ap-
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propriate to cover public liability arising out of or in
connection with the contractual activity; and
‘‘(B) shall indemnify the persons indemnified
against the liability above the amount of the financial
protection required, in the amount of $10,000,000,000
(subject to adjustment for inflation under subsection
t.) in the aggregate, for all persons indemnified in
connection with the contract and for each nuclear in-
cident, including such legal expenses incurred by the
contractor as are approved by the Secretary.’’.
(b) CONTRACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 170 d. of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)) (as amend-
ed by section 602(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) All agreements of indemnification under which
the Department of Energy (or predecessor agencies) may
be required to indemnify any person under this section shall
be considered to be amended, on the date of enactment of
the Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005, to reflect the
amount of indemnity for public liability and any applica-
ble financial protection required of the contractor under this
subsection.’’.
(c) LIABILITY LIMIT.—Section 170 e.(1)(B) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(e)(1)(B)) is
amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘the maximum amount of finan-
cial protection required under subsection b. or’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3) of subsection d.,
whichever amount is more’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(2) of subsection d.’’.
SEC. 605. INCIDENTS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
(a) AMOUNT OF INDEMNIFICATION.—Section 170 d.(5)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)(5))
is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$500,000,000’’.
(b) LIABILITY LIMIT.—Section 170 e.(4) of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(e)(4)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000,000’’.
SEC. 606. REPORTS.
Section 170 p. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2210(p)) is amended by striking ‘‘August 1, 1998’’
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’.
SEC. 607. INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.
Section 170 t. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2210(t)) (as amended by section 603(2)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(2) The Secretary shall adjust the amount of indem-
nification provided under an agreement of indemnification
under subsection d. not less than once during each 5-year
period following July 1, 2003, in accordance with the aggre-
gate percentage change in the Consumer Price Index
since—
‘‘(A) that date, in the case of the first adjustment
under this paragraph; or
‘‘(B) the previous adjustment under this para-
graph.’’.
SEC. 608. TREATMENT OF MODULAR REACTORS.
Section 170 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2210(b)) (as amended by section 603) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5)(A) For purposes of this section only, the Commis-
sion shall consider a combination of facilities described in
subparagraph (B) to be a single facility having a rated ca-
pacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more.
‘‘(B) A combination of facilities referred to in subpara-
graph (A) is 2 or more facilities located at a single site,
each of which has a rated capacity of not less than 100,000
electrical kilowatts and not more than 300,000 electrical
kilowatts, with a combined rated capacity of not more than
1,300,000 electrical kilowatts.’’.