Sec. 2. Global nuclear energy assessment study
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Commission, shall conduct a study on the global status of— the civilian nuclear energy industry; and the supply chains of the civilian nuclear energy industry. The study conducted under subsection
(a)shall include— information on the status of the civilian nuclear energy industry, the long-term risks to such industry, and the basis for such risks; information on how the use of the civilian nuclear energy industry, relative to other types of energy industries, can reduce the emission of criteria pollutants and carbon dioxide; information on the role the United States civilian nuclear energy industry plays in United States foreign policy; information on the importance of the United States civilian nuclear energy industry to countries that are allied to the United States; information on how the United States may collaborate with such countries in developing, deploying, and investing in nuclear technology; information on how foreign countries use nuclear energy when crafting and implementing their own foreign policy, including such use by foreign countries that are strategic competitors; an evaluation of how nuclear nonproliferation efforts and nuclear energy safety are affected by the involvement of the United States in— international markets; and setting civilian nuclear energy industry standards; an evaluation of how industries in the United States, other than the civilian nuclear energy industry, benefit from the generation of electricity by nuclear power plants; information on utilities and companies in the United States that are involved in the civilian nuclear energy supply chain, including, with respect to such utilities and companies— financial challenges; foreign strategic competition; and risks to continued operation; and recommendations for how the United States may— develop a national strategy to increase the role nuclear energy plays in diplomacy and strategic energy policy; develop a strategy to mitigate foreign competitor’s utilization of their civilian nuclear energy industries in diplomacy; align its nuclear energy policy with national security objectives; and remove regulatory barriers to the development of the United States civilian nuclear energy supply chain. Not later than 6 months after the study is conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of such study.