(ii) nuclear supply chains; or 
(iii) with respect to nuclear tech-
nologies and nonelectric applications of nu-
clear technologies, construction, project fi-
nancing, contract structuring and risk allo-
cation, or regulatory and licensing proc-
esses. 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(5) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 
the program established under subsection (b)(1). 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program to provide Federal financial assistance to 
eligible entities to support the commercial planning, 
licensing, development, and construction, and con-
struction planning, of— 
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(A) advanced nuclear reactors for the pur-
pose of enhancing grid resilience, reliability, and 
security while also seeking to reduce emissions; 
or 
(B) supply chain infrastructure associated 
with advanced nuclear reactors or related tech-
nologies. 
(2) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry 
out the program using a competitive, merit-based re-
view process that is consistent with section 989 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16353). 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring Fed-
eral financial assistance under the program shall submit 
to the Secretary an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
(d) SELECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In selecting eligible entities 
to receive Federal financial assistance under the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall give special consideration 
to projects— 
(A) to develop or provide services to sup-
port— 
(i) market analysis; 
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(ii) project structure models; 
(iii) models for electricity market 
analysis; 
(iv) nonelectric applications; 
(v) financial models; 
(vi) analysis, planning, and, as appro-
priate, 
management 
of 
environmental 
issues at fossil fuel electric generation fa-
cilities that are retired or scheduled to re-
tire; and 
(vii) site planning, review, testing, 
analysis, and preparation; 
(B) to support licensing activities, permit-
ting, and environmental impact studies; and 
(C) for— 
(i)(I) the construction planning of ad-
vanced nuclear reactors; and 
(II) related— 
(aa) planning and construction of 
transmission and distribution systems; 
(bb) modernization of generation 
facilities; 
(cc) development of microgrids; 
and 
(dd) supply chain infrastructure; 
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(ii) infrastructure for nonelectric ap-
plications; and 
(iii) acquisition of relevant rights-of- 
way. 
(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities to 
receive Federal financial assistance under the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible en-
tities that— 
(A) plan to carry out projects at or near 
the site of 1 or more fossil fuel electric genera-
tion facilities that are retired or scheduled to 
retire, including multi-unit facilities that are 
partially shut down— 
(i) to reduce the cost of— 
(I) infrastructure requirements; 
(II) transmission requirements; 
and 
(III) licensing and permitting re-
quirements; 
(ii) to support the productive reuse of 
fossil fuel electric generation facilities that 
are retired or scheduled to retire; and 
(iii) to sustain and revitalize commu-
nities impacted by the closure of fossil fuel 
electric generation facilities; 
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(B) plan to support nonelectric applica-
tions, including supplying heat for— 
(i) energy storage; 
(ii) hydrogen or other liquid and gas-
eous fuel or chemical production; 
(iii) industrial processes; 
(iv) 
desalination 
technologies 
and 
processes; 
(v) isotope production; 
(vi) district heating; and 
(vii) other applications, as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate; 
(C) plan to support supply chain infra-
structure, including manufacturing, associated 
with advanced nuclear reactors or related tech-
nologies; 
(D) have implemented or demonstrated the 
ability to successfully implement workforce 
training or retraining programs to train work-
ers to perform activities described in this sec-
tion; and 
(E) plan to be cost competitive. 
(e) COST SHARE.—Section 988 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352) shall apply to Federal fi-
nancial assistance provided under the program. 
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SEC. 3. WORKFORCE CAPACITY BUILDING. 
Section 954(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16274(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘GRADUATE’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘graduate’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(3) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘commu-
nity colleges, trade schools, registered apprenticeship 
programs, pre-apprenticeship programs’’ after ‘‘uni-
versities,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2021 
through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out the sub-
program under this subsection, the Secretary may 
implement traineeships in focus areas that, in the 
determination of the Secretary, are necessary to sup-
port the nuclear energy sector in the United States, 
including— 
‘‘(A) research and development; 
‘‘(B) construction and operation; 
‘‘(C) associated supply chains; and 
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