Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/904

 119 STAT. 886

PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005

(C) use fuels that are proliferation resistant and have substantially reduced production of high-level waste per unit of output; and (D) use improved instrumentation. (e) REACTOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN.—The Secretary shall carry out research to examine designs for high-temperature reactors capable of producing large-scale quantities of hydrogen. 42 USC 16273.

SEC. 953. ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE INITIATIVE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, shall conduct an advanced fuel recycling technology research, development, and demonstration program (referred to in this section as the ‘‘program’’) to evaluate proliferation-resistant fuel recycling and transmutation technologies that minimize environmental and public health and safety impacts as an alternative to aqueous reprocessing technologies deployed as of the date of enactment of this Act in support of evaluation of alternative national strategies for spent nuclear fuel and the Generation IV advanced reactor concepts. (b) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The program shall be subject to annual review by the Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee of the Department or other independent entity, as appropriate. (c) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—In carrying out the program, the Secretary is encouraged to seek opportunities to enhance the progress of the program through international cooperation. (d) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit, as part of the annual budget submission of the Department, a report on the activities of the program. 42 USC 16274.

SEC. 954. UNIVERSITY NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a program to invest in human resources and infrastructure in the nuclear sciences and related fields, including health physics, nuclear engineering, and radiochemistry, consistent with missions of the Department related to civilian nuclear research, development, demonstration, and commercial application. (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall— (1) conduct a graduate and undergraduate fellowship program to attract new and talented students, which may include fellowships for students to spend time at National Laboratories in the areas of nuclear science, engineering, and health physics with a member of the National Laboratory staff acting as a mentor; (2) conduct a junior faculty research initiation grant program to assist universities in recruiting and retaining new faculty in the nuclear sciences and engineering by awarding grants to junior faculty for research on issues related to nuclear energy engineering and science; (3) support fundamental nuclear sciences, engineering, and health physics research through a nuclear engineering education and research program; (4) encourage collaborative nuclear research among industry, National Laboratories, and universities; and (5) support communication and outreach related to nuclear science, engineering, and health physics.

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