Sec. 3115. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED NAVAL REACTOR FUEL BASED ON LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM
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## SEC. 3115 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED NAVAL REACTOR FUEL BASED ON LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM ###
(a)Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year 2018 ####
(1)Research and development Except as provided by paragraph (2), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Energy or the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to plan or carry out research and development of an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium. ####
(2)Exception Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for defense nuclear nonproliferation, as specified in the funding table in division D— #####
(A)$5,000,000 shall be made available to the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors of the National Nuclear Security Administration for low-enriched uranium activities (including downblending of high-enriched uranium fuel into low-enriched uranium fuel, research and development using low-enriched uranium fuel, or the modification or procurement of equipment and infrastructure related to such activities) to develop an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium; and #####
(B)if the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Navy determine under section 3118(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 1196) that such low-enriched uranium activities and research and development should continue, an additional $30,000,000 may be made available to the Deputy Administrator for such purpose. ###
(b)Prohibition on Availability of Funds Regarding Certain Accounts and Purposes ####
(1)Research and development and procurement Chapter 633 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: > > ## “SEC. 7319 Requirements for availability of funds relating to advanced naval nuclear fuel systems based on low-enriched uranium > > **[**[10 U.S.C. 7319](/us/usc/t10/s7319)**]** > > > ### “(a) Authorization > > Low-enriched uranium activities may only be carried out using funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Energy for atomic energy defense activities for defense nuclear nonproliferation. > > > ### “(b) Prohibition Regarding Certain Accounts > > > ####
(1)> > None of the funds described in paragraph
(2)may be obligated or expended to carry out low-enriched uranium activities. > > > #### “(2) > > The funds described in this paragraph are funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for any of the following accounts: > > > ##### “(A) > > Shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, or any other account of the Department of Defense. > > > ##### “(B) > > Any account within the atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy other than defense nuclear nonproliferation, as specified in subsection (a). > > > #### “(3) > > The prohibition in paragraph
(1)may not be superseded except by a provision of law that specifically supersedes, repeals, or modifies this section. A provision of law, including a table incorporated into an Act, that appropriates funds described in paragraph
(2)for low-enriched uranium activities may not be treated as specifically superseding this section unless such provision specifically cites to this section. > > > ### “(c) Low-enriched Uranium Activities Defined > > In this section, the term ‘low-enriched uranium activities’ means the following: > > > #### “(1) > > Planning or carrying out research and development of an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium. > > > #### “(2) > > Procuring ships that use low-enriched uranium in naval nuclear propulsion reactors.” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendment **[**[10 U.S.C. 7291](/us/usc/t10/s7291)**]** The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:" “7319. Requirements for availability of funds relating to advanced naval nuclear fuel systems based on low-enriched uranium.” ". ###
(c)Reports ####
(1)SSN(x) submarine Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the cost and timeline required to assess the feasibility, costs, and requirements for a design of the Virginia-class replacement nuclear attack submarine that would allow for the use of a low-enriched uranium fueled reactor, if technically feasible, without changing the diameter of the submarine. ####
(2)Research and development Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on— #####
(A)the planned research and development activities on low-enriched uranium and highly enriched uranium fuel that could apply to the development of a low-enriched uranium fuel or an advanced highly enriched uranium fuel; and #####
(B)with respect to such activities for each such fuel— ######
(i)the costs associated with such activities; and ######
(ii)a detailed proposal for funding such activities.
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- 10 USC 7291
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Sec. 3115
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED NAVAL REACTOR FUEL BASED ON LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM
Stat.129 Stat. 1196
Cite10 USC 7319
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