Sec. 625. Fuel cycle research and development
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Section 953 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16273 ) is amended— in the section heading by striking and inserting Advanced fuel cycle initiative ; Fuel cycle research and development by striking subsection (a); by redesignating subsections
(b)through
(d)as subsections
(d)through (f), respectively; and by inserting before subsection (d), as so redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this subsection, the following new subsections: The Secretary shall conduct a fuel cycle research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program (referred to in this section as the program ) on fuel cycle options that improve uranium resource utilization, maximize energy generation, minimize nuclear waste creation, improve safety, mitigate risk of proliferation, and improve waste management in support of a national strategy for spent nuclear fuel and the reactor concepts research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program under section 952(c). Under this section the Secretary may consider implementing the following initiatives: Developing fuels, including the use of nonuranium materials and alternate claddings, for use in reactors that increase energy generation, improve safety performance and margins, and minimize the amount of nuclear waste produced in an open fuel cycle. Developing advanced recycling technologies, including advanced reactor concepts to improve resource utilization, reduce proliferation risks, and minimize radiotoxicity, decay heat, and mass and volume of nuclear waste to the greatest extent possible. Developing advanced storage technologies for both onsite and long-term storage that substantially prolong the effective life of current storage devices or that substantially improve upon existing nuclear waste storage technologies and methods, including repositories. Investigating the potential research benefits of a fast test reactor user facility to conduct experiments on fuels and materials related to fuel forms and fuel cycles that will increase fuel utilization, reduce proliferation risks, and reduce nuclear waste products. Developing an advanced reactor innovation testbed where national laboratories, universities, and industry can address advanced reactor design challenges to enable construction and operation of privately funded reactor prototypes to resolve technical uncertainty for United States-based designs for future domestic and international markets. Developing any other technology or initiative that the Secretary determines is likely to advance the objectives of the program. In addition to and in support of the specific initiatives described in paragraphs
(1)through
(5)of subsection (b), the Secretary may support the following activities: Development and testing of integrated process flow sheets for advanced nuclear fuel recycling processes. Research to characterize the byproducts and waste streams resulting from fuel recycling processes. Research and development on reactor concepts or transmutation technologies that improve resource utilization or reduce the radiotoxicity of waste streams. Research and development on waste treatment processes and separations technologies, advanced waste forms, and quantification of proliferation risks. Identification and evaluation of test and experimental facilities necessary to successfully implement the advanced fuel cycle initiative. Advancement of fuel cycle-related modeling and simulation capabilities. Research to understand the behavior of high-burnup fuels. . The item relating to section 953 in the table of contents of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: Sec. 953. Fuel cycle research and development. .
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