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PUBLIC LAW 86-590-AUG. 4, 1968

[72 S T A T.

"(c) Funds appropriated to the Commission, pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (a) of this section, shall be available to the Commission for cooperative arrangements which may provide for the waiver by the Commission of its charges for the use of heavy water for a period not to exceed five years in any proposed reactor otherwise eligible for assistance under the Commission's power reactor demonstration program. " (d) Funds appropriated to the Commission, pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (a) of this section and authorized for the Third Round of the Commission's power reactor demonstration program, shall be available to the Commission for a cooperative arrangement in accordance with the basis for an arrangement described in the Program Justification Data for Arrangement Numbered 58-111-5. "(e) Funds appropriated to the Commission pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (a) of this section, for the Commission's power reactor demonstration program shall be available to the Commission for a cooperative arrangement in accordance with the basis for an arrangement described in the Program Justification Data for Arrangement Numbered 58-111-6 ( P H A S E I). "(f) Before the Commission hereafter enters into any arrangement the basis of which has not been previously submitted to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy which involves appropriations authorized by subsection (a) of this section, it shall make public announcement of each particular reactor project it considers technically desirable for construction, and shall set reasonable dates for submission, approval of the proposal and negotiation of the basis of the arrangement, and commencement of construction." SEC. 110. GAS-COOLED POWER REACTOR.—(a)

71 Stat. 409.

The

appropriation

authorized in section 101 of this Act for project 59-d-lO, gas-cooled power reactor, shall also be alternatively available for a cooperative program under which the Commission may enter into a cooperative arrangement with public, private, or cooperative power groups, equipment manufacturers or others under which the organization will design, construct, and operate the reactor at its own expense and the Commission will contribute to the cost of research and development programs and other assistance in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Commission's power reactor demonstration program, including review by the Joint Committee of the basis of the proposed arrangement in accordance with subsection 111(b) of Public Law 85-162. Within thirty days after the President signs the Act making available to the Commission appropriations for this project, the Commission shall make a public announcement requesting proposals for such a cooperative program. In the event the Commission does not receive a proposal within sixty days after such announcement, or if the Commission receives proposals within such sixty-day period but is unable to negotiate a satisfactory basis of the arrangement for submission to the Joint Committee within ninety days thereafter, the Commission shall proceed with project 59-d-lO in accordance with subsections (b), (c),and (d) of this section. (b) I n the event the Commission does not receive a satisfactory proposal under subsection (a) of this section, the Commission shall proceed with the design, engineering and construction under contract, as soon as practicable, of the prototype power reactor facility authorized by Section 101 for project 59-d-lO at an installation operated by or on behalf of the Commission, and the electric energy generated shall be used by the Commission in connection with the operation of such installation.

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