[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 512 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 137
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 512

                          [Report No. 112-57]

  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular 
            nuclear reactor designs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 2011

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. 
 Pryor, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Blunt) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

              August 30 (legislative day, August 2), 2011

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of August 2, 2011, 
    by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment and an amendment to the title
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular 
            nuclear reactor designs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Power 2021 
Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. NUCLEAR POWER 2021 INITIATIVE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16272) is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Nuclear Power 2021 Initiative.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Combined license.--The term 
                `combined license' has the meaning given the term in 
                section 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 
                (or a successor regulation).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Design certification.--The term 
                `design certification' has the meaning given the term 
                in section 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal 
                Regulations (or a successor regulation).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Small modular reactor.--The term 
                `small modular reactor' means a nuclear reactor--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) with a rated capacity of 
                        less than 300 electrical megawatts; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) that can be constructed and 
                        operated in combination with similar reactors 
                        at a single site.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Duty of secretary.--The Secretary shall 
        carry out, through cooperative agreements with private sector 
        partners--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a program--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) to develop a standard design 
                        for each of 2 small modular reactors, at least 
                        1 of which has a rated capacity of not more 
                        than 50 electrical megawatts; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) to obtain a design 
                        certification from the Nuclear Regulatory 
                        Commission for each of the 2 standard designs 
                        by January 1, 2018; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) a program to demonstrate the 
                licensing of small modular reactors by--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) developing applications for 
                        a combined license for each of the designs 
                        certified pursuant to subparagraph (A); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) obtaining a combined 
                        license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
                        for each of the designs by January 1, 
                        2021.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Merit review of proposals.--The Secretary 
        shall select proposals for cooperative agreements under this 
        subsection--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) on the basis of an impartial review 
                of the scientific and technical merit of the proposals; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) through the use of competitive 
                procedures.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Technical considerations.--In evaluating 
        proposals, the Secretary shall take into account the 
        efficiency, cost, safety, and proliferation resistance of 
        competing reactor designs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Cost-share requirements.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Design development.--Notwithstanding 
                section 988, the Secretary shall require that not less 
                than 50 percent of the cost of the development of each 
                small modular reactor design under paragraph (2)(A) be 
                provided by a non-Federal source.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Licensing demonstration.--
                Notwithstanding section 988, the Secretary shall 
                require that not less than 75 percent of the cost of 
                the licensing demonstration of each small modular 
                reactor design under paragraph (2)(B) be provided by a 
                non-Federal source.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Calculation of amount.--Non-Federal 
                contributions under this subsection shall be calculated 
                in accordance with section 988(d).''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Power 2021 Act''.

SEC. 2. NUCLEAR POWER 2021 INITIATIVE.

    Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16272) is 
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Nuclear Power 2021 Initiative.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Combined license.--The term `combined 
                license' has the meaning given the term in section 52.1 
                of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
                successor regulation).
                    ``(B) Design certification.--The term `design 
                certification' has the meaning given the term in 
                section 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 
                (or a successor regulation).
                    ``(C) Early site permit.--The term `early site 
                permit' has the meaning given the term in section 52.1 
                of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
                successor regulation).
                    ``(D) Small modular reactor.--The term `small 
                modular reactor' means a nuclear reactor--
                            ``(i) with a rated capacity of less than 
                        300 electrical megawatts; and
                            ``(ii) that can be constructed and operated 
                        in combination with similar reactors at a 
                        single site.
            ``(2) Duty of secretary.--The Secretary shall carry out, 
        through cooperative agreements with private sector partners--
                    ``(A) a program--
                            ``(i) to develop a standard design for not 
                        less than 2 small modular reactors, at least 1 
                        of which has a rated capacity of not more than 
                        50 electrical megawatts; and
                            ``(ii) to obtain a design certification 
                        from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for each 
                        of the standard designs by January 1, 2018;
                    ``(B) a program to demonstrate the licensing of 
                small modular reactors by--
                            ``(i) developing applications for a 
                        combined license for each of the designs 
                        certified pursuant to subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) obtaining a combined license from 
                        the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for each of 
                        the designs by January 1, 2021; and
                    ``(C) a program to obtain an early site permit for 
                1 or more small modular reactors.
            ``(3) Merit review of proposals.--The Secretary shall 
        select proposals for cooperative agreements under this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) on the basis of an impartial review of the 
                scientific and technical merit of the proposals; and
                    ``(B) through the use of competitive procedures.
            ``(4) Technical considerations.--In evaluating proposals, 
        the Secretary shall take into account the efficiency, cost, 
        safety, and proliferation resistance of competing reactor 
        designs.
            ``(5) Cost-share requirements.--
                    ``(A) Design development.--Notwithstanding section 
                988, the Secretary shall require that not less than 50 
                percent of the cost of the development of each small 
                modular reactor design under paragraph (2)(A), and each 
                early site permit under paragraph (2)(C), be provided 
                by a non-Federal source.
                    ``(B) Licensing demonstration.--Notwithstanding 
                section 988, the Secretary shall require that not less 
                than 75 percent of the cost of the licensing 
                demonstration of each small modular reactor design 
                under paragraph (2)(B) be provided by a non-Federal 
                source.
                    ``(C) Calculation of amount.--Non-Federal 
                contributions under this subsection shall be calculated 
                in accordance with section 988(d).''.
            Amend the title so as to read as follows: ``To amend the 
        Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to 
        carry out programs to develop and demonstrate small modular 
        nuclear reactor designs, and for other purposes.''
                                                       Calendar No. 137

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 512

                          [Report No. 112-57]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular 
            nuclear reactor designs, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

              August 30 (legislative day, August 2), 2011

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title