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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3484 
To institute a focal point for advanced reactor deployment within the U.S. 
Government that’s responsible for developing collaborative relationships 
with embarking civil nuclear nations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2023 
Mr. DONALDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To institute a focal point for advanced reactor deployment 
within the U.S. Government that’s responsible for devel-
oping collaborative relationships with embarking civil nu-
clear nations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Reactor Co-
ordination Act’’ or the ‘‘ARC Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADVANCED REACTOR COORDINATION AND RE-
SOURCE CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall consider the 
feasibility of leveraging existing activities or frameworks 
or, as necessary, establishing a center, to be known as the 
‘‘Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Center’’ 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’), for the pur-
poses of— 
(1) identifying qualified organizations and serv-
ice providers— 
(A) for embarking civil nuclear nations; 
(B) to develop and assemble documents, 
contracts, and related items required to estab-
lish a civil nuclear program; and 
(C) to develop a standardized model for 
the establishment of a civil nuclear program 
that can be used by the International Atomic 
Energy Agency; 
(2) coordinating with countries participating in 
the Center— 
(A) to identify funds to support payment 
for services required to develop a civil nuclear 
program; 
(B) to provide market analysis; and 
(C) to create— 
(i) project structure models; 
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(ii) models for electricity market anal-
ysis; 
(iii) models for nonelectric applica-
tions market analysis; and 
(iv) financial models; 
(3) identifying and developing the safety, secu-
rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance required 
for a civil nuclear program; 
(4) supporting multinational regulatory stand-
ards to be developed by countries with civil nuclear 
programs and experience; 
(5) developing and strengthening communica-
tions, engagement, and consensus-building; 
(6) carrying out any other major activities to 
support export, financing, education, construction, 
training, and education requirements relating to the 
establishment of a civil nuclear program; 
(7) developing mechanisms for how to fund and 
staff the Center; and 
(8) determining mechanisms for the selection of 
the location or locations of the Center. 
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The President shall carry out sub-
section (a) with the objective of establishing the Center 
if the President determines that it is feasible to do so. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 
‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ means— 
(A) a nuclear fission reactor, including a 
prototype plant (as defined in sections 50.2 and 
52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or successor regulations)), with significant im-
provements compared to reactors operating on 
October 19, 2016, including improvements such 
as— 
(i) additional inherent safety features; 
(ii) lower waste yields; 
(iii) improved fuel and material per-
formance; 
(iv) increased tolerance to loss of fuel 
cooling; 
(v) enhanced reliability or improved 
resilience; 
(vi) increased proliferation resistance; 
(vii) increased thermal efficiency; 
(viii) reduced consumption of cooling 
water and other environmental impacts; 
(ix) the ability to integrate into elec-
tric applications and nonelectric applica-
tions; 
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(x) modular sizes to allow for deploy-
ment that corresponds with the demand 
for electricity or process heat; and 
(xi) operational flexibility to respond 
to changes in demand for electricity or 
process heat and to complement integra-
tion with intermittent renewable energy or 
energy storage; 
(B) a fusion reactor; and 
(C) a radioisotope power system that uti-
lizes heat from radioactive decay to generate 
energy. 
(2) CIVIL NUCLEAR.—The term ‘‘civil nuclear’’ 
means activities relating to— 
(A) nuclear plant construction; 
(B) nuclear fuel services; 
(C) nuclear energy financing; 
(D) nuclear plant operations; 
(E) nuclear plant regulation; 
(F) nuclear medicine; 
(G) nuclear safety; 
(H) community engagement in areas in 
reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; 
(I) infrastructure support for nuclear en-
ergy; 
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(J) nuclear plant decommissioning; 
(K) nuclear liability; 
(L) safe storage and safe disposal of spent 
nuclear fuel; 
(M) environmental safeguards; 
(N) nuclear nonproliferation and security; 
and 
(O) technology related to the matters de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (N). 
(3) EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR NATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘embarking 
civil nuclear nation’’ means a country that— 
(i) does not have a civil nuclear en-
ergy program; 
(ii) is in the process of developing or 
expanding a civil nuclear energy program, 
including safeguards and a legal and regu-
latory framework, for— 
(I) nuclear safety; 
(II) nuclear security; 
(III) radioactive waste manage-
ment; 
(IV) civil nuclear energy; 
(V) environmental safeguards; 
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(VI) community engagement in 
areas in reasonable proximity to nu-
clear sites; 
(VII) nuclear liability; or 
(VIII) advanced nuclear reactor 
licensing; 
(iii) is in the process of selecting, de-
veloping, constructing, or utilizing ad-
vanced light water reactors, advanced nu-
clear reactors, or advanced civil nuclear 
technologies; or 
(iv) had an annual per capita gross 
domestic product of not more than 
$28,000 in 2020. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘embarking 
civil nuclear nation’’ does not include— 
(i) the People’s Republic of China; 
(ii) the Russian Federation; 
(iii) the Republic of Belarus; 
(iv) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 
(v) the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea; 
(vi) the Republic of Cuba; 
(vii) the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-
ezuela; 
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(viii) the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(ix) Burma; or 
(x) any other country— 
(I) the property or interests in 
property of the government of which 
are blocked pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or 
(II) the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined has 
repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism for purposes 
of— 
(aa) section 620A(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(bb) section 40(d) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2780(d)); 
(cc) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) 
of the Export Control Reform 
Act 
of 
2018 
(50 
U.S.C. 
4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); or 
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(dd) any other relevant pro-
vision of law. 
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