Sec. 10105. Fusion energy research
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Section 307 of the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18645 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking As part of and inserting the following: As part of ; by redesignating— paragraphs
(1)and
(2)as subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively (and by adjusting the margins of such subparagraphs accordingly); and in subparagraph
(B)(as redesignated by clause (i)), subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively (and by adjusting the margins of such clauses accordingly); and by adding at the end the following: Out of funds authorized to be appropriated under subsection (r), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out activities described in paragraph
(1)$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. ; in subsection (d)(3)— by striking the period at the end and inserting and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. ; and by striking
(o)and inserting
(r); and in subsection (e)(4)— by striking the period at the end and inserting and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. ; and by striking
(o)and inserting
(r); in subsection (i)(10)— In the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
(o)and inserting
(r); in subparagraph (C), strike $105,000,000 and insert $150,000,000 ; in subparagraph (D), strike 65,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and and insert $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; ; in subparagraph (E), strike $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. and insert $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. ; in subsection (j)— by striking The Director and all that follows through the period and inserting the following: Within 180 days of enactment of the America COMPETES Act of 2022 , the Director shall establish at least 2 national teams, including public-private partnerships, that will develop conceptual pilot plant designs and technology roadmaps and lead to an engineering design of a pilot plant that will bring fusion to commercial viability. The national teams shall be composed of developers, manufacturers, universities, national laboratories, and engineering, procurement, and construction industries. ; and by adding at the end the following: There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out activities described in paragraph (1)— $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. ; in subsection (l)— by striking sense of Congress that the United States should support and inserting sense of Congress that— ; the United States should support ; in paragraph
(1)(as so designated by subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the Director shall incorporate the findings and recommendations of the report of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas and the report of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine entitled “Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid” into the planning process of the Department, including the development of future budget requests to Congress. ; by redesignating subsection
(o)as subsection (r); by inserting after subsection
(n)the following: The Secretary shall carry out a program to conduct and support collaborative research, development, and demonstration of fusion energy technologies, through high-performance computation modeling and simulation techniques, in order to— support fundamental research in plasmas and matter at very high temperatures and densities; inform the development of a broad range of fusion energy systems; and facilitate the translation of research results in fusion energy science to industry. In carrying out the program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with relevant Federal agencies, and prioritize the following objectives: Using expertise from the private sector, institutions of higher education, and the National Laboratories to leverage existing, and develop new, computational software and capabilities that prospective users may use to accelerate research and development of fusion energy systems. Developing computational tools to simulate and predict fusion energy science phenomena that may be validated through physical experimentation. Increasing the utility of the research infrastructure of the Department by coordinating with the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program within the Office of Science. Leveraging experience from existing modeling and simulation entities sponsored by the Department. Ensuring that new experimental and computational tools are accessible to relevant research communities, including private sector entities engaged in fusion energy technology development. Ensuring that newly developed computational tools are compatible with modern virtual engineering and visualization capabilities to accelerate the realization of fusion energy technologies and systems. The Secretary shall ensure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplication of, the activities of this program with the activities of— other research entities of the Department, including the National Laboratories, the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program; and industry. In carrying out the program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, in coordination with the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy, establish and operate a national High-Performance Computing for Fusion Innovation Center (referred to in this subsection as the Center ), to support the program under paragraph
(1)by providing, to the extent practicable, a centralized entity for multidisciplinary, collaborative, fusion energy research and development through high performance computing and advanced data analytics technologies and processes. The Secretary shall select the Center under this subsection on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. The Secretary shall consider applications from National Laboratories, institutions of higher education, multi-institutional collaborations, and other appropriate entities. The Center may incorporate existing research activities that are consistent with the program described in paragraph (1). The Center established under this subsection shall receive support for a period of not more than 5 years, subject to the availability of appropriations. Upon the expiration of any period of support of the Center, the Secretary may renew support for the Center, on a merit-reviewed basis, for a period of not more than 5 years. Consistent with the existing authorities of the Department, the Secretary may terminate the Center for cause during the performance period. The Secretary shall construct a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment facility as described in the 2020 publication approved by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee titled Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas . The Secretary shall consult with the private sector, universities, National Laboratories, and relevant Federal agencies to ensure that this facility is capable of meeting Federal research needs for steady state, high-heat-flux and plasma-material interaction testing of fusion materials over a range of fusion energy relevant parameters. The Secretary shall ensure that the facility described in paragraph
(1)will provide the following capabilities: A magnetic field at the target of 1 Tesla. An energy flux at the target of 10 MW/m2. The ability to expose previously irradiated plasma facing material samples to plasma. The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, ensure that the start of full operations of the facility under this section occurs before December 31, 2027. Out of funds authorized to be appropriated for Fusion Energy Sciences, there are funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences to carry out to completion the construction of the facility under this section: $32,800,000 for fiscal year 2022; $13,400,000 for fiscal year 2023; $12,600,000 for fiscal year 2024; and $400,000 for fiscal year 2025. The Secretary shall provide for the upgrade to the Matter in Extreme Conditions endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source as described in the 2020 publication approved by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee titled Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas . The Secretary shall consult with the private sector, universities, National Laboratories, and relevant Federal agencies to ensure that this facility is capable of meeting Federal research needs for understanding physical and chemical changes to plasmas at fundamental timescales, and explore new regimes of dense material physics, astrophysics, planetary physics, and short-pulse laser-plasma interactions. The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, ensure that the start of full operations of the facility under this section occurs before December 31, 2028. ; and in subsection (r), as so redesignated, by striking paragraphs
(2)through
(5)and inserting the following: $1,002,900,000 for fiscal year 2022; $1,190,707,000 for fiscal year 2023; $1,364,368,490 for fiscal year 2024; $1,404,042,284 for fiscal year 2025; and $1,398,097,244 for fiscal year 2026. . Section 972 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16312 ) is amended in subsection (c)(3)— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; and by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; $325,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. .
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