106 STAT. 3082 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 42 USC 13492. SEC. 2122. PROGRAM, GOALS, AND PLAN. (a) PROGRAM DIRECTION. — The Secretary shall conduct a program to encourage the deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies that to the maximum extent practicable- CD are cost effective in comparison to alternative sources of commercial electric power of comparable availability and reliability, taking into consideration life cycle environmental costs; (2) facilitete the design, licensing, construction, and operation of a nuclear powerplant using a standardized design; (3) exhibit enhanced safety features; and (4) incorporate features that advance the objectives of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. (b) PROGRAM GOALS. — The goals of the program established under subsection (a) shall include— (1) for the near-term— (A) to facilitete the completion, by September 30, 1996, for certification by the Commission, of stendardized advanced light water reactor technology designs that the Secretary determines have the characteristics described in subsection (a)(1) through (4); (B) to facilitete the completion of submissions, by September 30, 1996, for preliminary design approvals by ' the Commission of standardized designs for the modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor technology and the liquid metal reactor technology; and (C) to evaluate by September 30, 1996, actinide bum technology to determine if it can reduce the volume of long-lived fission byproducts; (2) for the mid-term— (A) to facilitete increased efficiency of enhanced safety, advanced light water reactors to produce electric power at the lowest cost to the customer; (B) to develop advanced reactor concepte that are passively safe and environmentelly accepteble; and (C) to complete necessary research and development on high-temperature gas-cooled reactor technology and liquid metal reactor technology to support the selection, by September 30, 1998, of one or both of those technologies as appropriate for prototype demonstration; and (3) for the long-term, to complete research and development and demonstration to support the design of advanced reactor technologies capable of providing electric power to a utility grid as soon as practicable but no later than the year 2010. (c) PROGRAM PLAN.—Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide the activities under this section. The program plan shall include schedule milestones, Federal funding requiremente, and non-Federal cost sharing requiremente. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall take into consideration— (1) the need for, and the potontial for future adoption by electric utilities or other entities of, advanced nuclear reactor technologies that are available, under development, or have the potential for being developed, for the generation of energy from nuclear fission;
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