Sec. 9. International civil nuclear program support
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Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant, shall launch an international initiative (referred to in this section as the initiative ) to provide grants, in accordance with this section— to embarking civil nuclear energy nations for activities relating to the development of civil nuclear programs; and to ally or partner nations for the construction of nuclear reactors and advanced nuclear reactors.
In carrying out the initiative, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant, may award not more than 1 grant to each country, including each embarking civil nuclear energy nation, each fiscal year. The amount of a grant awarded under the initiative shall be not more than $5,500,000. The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant, may award not more than a total of 5 grants under the initiative to a single country, including each embarking civil nuclear energy nation.
In carrying out the initiative, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant, shall provide a grant to an embarking civil nuclear energy nation with the option for a U.S. nuclear energy company to hire 1 or more senior advisors to assist the embarking civil nuclear energy nation in establishing a civil nuclear program. A senior advisor described in paragraph
(1)shall seek to advise the embarking civil nuclear energy nation on, and facilitate on behalf of the embarking civil nuclear energy nation, 1 or more of the following: The development of financing relationships. The development of a standardized financing and project management framework for the construction of nuclear power plants. The development of a standardized licensing framework for— light water civil nuclear technologies; and non-light water civil nuclear technologies and advanced nuclear reactors. The identification of qualified organizations and service providers. The identification of funds to support payment for services required to develop a civil nuclear program. Market analysis. The identification of the safety, security, safeguards, and nuclear governance required for a civil nuclear program. Risk allocation, risk management, and nuclear liability. Technical assessments of nuclear reactors and technologies. The identification of actions necessary to participate in a global nuclear liability regime based on the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done at Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15–415). Stakeholder engagement. Management of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. Any other major activities to support the establishment of a civil nuclear program, such as the establishment of export, financing, construction, training, operations, and education requirements. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State to carry out the initiative $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.