Sec. 4. Expedited subsequent combined licenses
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In accordance with this section, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section as the Commission ) shall establish and carry out an expedited procedure for issuing a combined license pursuant to section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2133 ). To qualify for the expedited procedure under subsection (a), an applicant— shall submit a complete combined license application for a new nuclear reactor based off a previously licensed design; shall construct the new nuclear reactor on or adjacent to a site on which an operating nuclear reactor already exists or previously operated; and may not be subject to an order of the Commission to modify, suspend, or revoke a license under section 2.202 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
With respect to a combined license for which the applicant has satisfied the requirements described in subsection (b), the Commission shall— not later than 1 year after the application is accepted for docketing— carry out an expedited environmental review process; and issue a draft environmental impact statement; not later than 18 months after the application is accepted for docketing— complete the technical review process; and issue a safety evaluation report and final environmental impact statement; not later than 2 years after the application is accepted for docketing, complete any necessary public licensing hearings and related processes; and not later than 25 months after the application is accepted for docketing, make a final decision on whether to issue the combined license.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate recommendations for procedures that would further facilitate the expedited licensing of new nuclear reactors. Not later than 30 days after the applicable deadline, the Executive Director for Operations of the Commission shall inform the Commission of any failure to meet a deadline under subsection (c).
If any deadline under subsection
(c)is not met by the date that is 90 days after the applicable date required under such subsection, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a timely report describing the delay, including a detailed explanation accounting for the delay and a plan for timely completion of the applicable action.
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