Sec. 3. Mission
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Section 951(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16271(a) ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary shall conduct programs of civilian nuclear research, development, demonstration, and commercial application, including activities in this subtitle. Such programs shall take into consideration the following objectives: Providing research infrastructure to promote scientific progress and enable users from academia, the National Laboratories, and the private sector to make scientific discoveries relevant for nuclear, chemical, and materials science engineering.
Maintaining National Laboratory and university nuclear energy research and development programs, including their infrastructure. Providing the technical means to reduce the likelihood of nuclear weapons proliferation and increasing confidence margins for public safety of nuclear energy systems. Reducing the environmental impact of nuclear energy related activities. Supporting technology transfer from the National Laboratories to the private sector. Enabling the private sector to partner with the National Laboratories to demonstrate novel reactor concepts for the purpose of resolving technical uncertainty associated with the aforementioned objectives in this section. .
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