‘‘(I) the design certification of 
the reactor; 
‘‘(II) the first early site permit 
for the reactor; and 
‘‘(III) the first combined oper-
ating license for the reactor. 
‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR REGU-
LATORY COMMISSION.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of receipt of an application for a 
design certification, early site permit, or com-
bined operating license, the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report regarding the 
status of the application. 
‘‘(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph 
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2015, to remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATING LICENCES.— 
Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2232) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘e. NUCLEAR WASTE CONFIDENCE.—In considering 
applications for the construction and operation of a nu-
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clear facility submitted to the Commission under section 
103 or 104, the Commission shall consider that sufficient 
capacity will be available in a timely manner to dispose 
of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste re-
sulting from the operation of the nuclear facility that is 
the subject of the application.’’. 
SEC. 5. FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND 
RESEARCH. 
(a) NUCLEAR WORKFORCE EDUCATION.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Education to carry out the education of a 
nuclear workforce $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2011 through 2020, to remain available until 
expended. 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—In using funds made 
available under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Edu-
cation, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor 
and the Secretary of Energy, shall— 
(A) carry out activities to educate and 
train craftsmen, engineers, operators, and other 
appropriate workers as determined to be nec-
essary by the Secretary of Education to ensure 
an adequate nuclear workforce; and 
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(B) make grants to develop educational 
and cooperative programs at— 
(i) secondary schools, as defined in 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801); and 
(ii) postsecondary institutions. 
(b) NUCLEAR REACTOR LIFETIME-EXTENSION RE-
SEARCH.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Energy to carry out nuclear reactor uprate 
and lifetime-extension research $50,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2011 through 2020, to remain available until 
expended. 
(c) CLEAN
ENERGY
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Energy to carry out research and develop-
ment 
activities 
to 
advance 
clean 
energy 
$750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2020, to remain available until expended. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made avail-
able under paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2020— 
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(A) $150,000,000 shall be used for the re-
search and development of liquid transportation 
biofuels other than ethanol; 
(B) $150,000,000 shall be used for the re-
search and development of marketable— 
(i) carbon dioxide capture, storage, or 
conversion; or 
(ii) beneficial reuses of carbon dioxide; 
(C) $150,000,000 shall be used for re-
search and development to reduce the cost of 
batteries for electric vehicles; 
(D) $150,000,000 shall be used for re-
search and development to make solar elec-
tricity cost-competitive with respect to tradi-
tional sources of electricity generation (includ-
ing coal); and 
(E) $150,000,000 shall be used for re-
search and development to recycle used nuclear 
fuel (including the research and development of 
Generation IV nuclear reactors that are de-
signed to consume recycled nuclear fuel). 
Æ 
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