Sec. 104. GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY ASSESSMENT

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## SEC. 104 GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY ASSESSMENT ###

(a)Study Required 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— ####

(1)the civilian nuclear energy industry; and ####

(2)the supply chains of the civilian nuclear energy industry. ###

(b)Contents The study conducted under subsection

(a)shall include— ####

(1)information on the status of the civilian nuclear energy industry, the long-term risks to that industry, and the bases for those risks; ####

(2)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; ####

(3)information on the role the United States civilian nuclear energy industry plays in United States foreign policy; ####

(4)information on the importance of the United States civilian nuclear energy industry to countries that are allied to the United States; ####

(5)information on how the United States may collaborate with those countries in developing, deploying, and investing in nuclear technology; ####

(6)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; ####

(7)an evaluation of how nuclear nonproliferation and security efforts and nuclear energy safety are affected by the involvement of the United States in— #####

(A)international markets; and #####

(B)setting civilian nuclear energy industry standards; ####

(8)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; ####

(9)information on utilities and companies in the United States that are involved in the civilian nuclear energy supply chain, including, with respect to those utilities and companies— #####

(A)financial challenges; #####

(B)nuclear liability issues; #####

(C)foreign strategic competition; and #####

(D)risks to continued operation; and ####

(10)recommendations for how the United States may— #####

(A)develop a national strategy to increase the role that nuclear energy plays in diplomacy and strategic energy policy; #####

(B)develop a strategy to mitigate foreign competitor’s utilization of their civilian nuclear energy industries in diplomacy; #####

(C)align the nuclear energy policy of the United States with national security objectives; and #####

(D)modernize regulatory requirements to strengthen the United States civilian nuclear energy supply chain. ###

(c)Report to Congress Not later than 180 days after the study under subsection

(a)is completed, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the study, including a classified annex, if necessary.