Sec. 6. 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 paragraph (2), by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; by redesignating paragraphs
(1)and
(2)as subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated), by striking As part of and inserting the following: As part of ; and by adding at the end the following: Out of funds authorized to be appropriated under subsection (q), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out activities described in paragraph
(1)$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. ; in subsection (d)(3)— by striking
(o)and inserting
(q); by striking subsection
(d)and inserting this subsection ; and by striking 2025 and inserting 2026 ; in subsection (e)(4)— by striking
(o)and inserting
(q); by striking subsection
(e)and inserting this subsection ; and by striking 2025 and inserting 2026 ; in subsection (i)(10)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— by striking
(o)and inserting
(q); and by striking subsection
(i)and inserting this subsection ; in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. ; by redesignating subsection
(o)as subsection (q); by inserting after subsection
(n)the following: The Secretary shall construct a Material Plasma Exposure Experiment facility as described in the 2020 publication approved by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee entitled Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas . The Secretary shall consult with the private sector, institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and relevant Federal agencies to ensure that the 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/m 2 . 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 described in paragraph
(1)occurs before December 31, 2027. Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for Fusion Energy Sciences, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences to complete construction of the facility described in paragraph (1)— $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 entitled Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas . The Secretary shall consult with the private sector, institutions of higher education, 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 described in paragraph
(1)occurs before December 31, 2028. ; and in subsection
(q)(as so redesignated)— in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. . Section 972(c)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16312(c)(3) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $281,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. .
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