124 STAT. 33 PUBLIC LAW 111–140—FEB. 16, 2010 (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (14); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: ‘‘(10) lead the development and implementation of the national strategic five-year plan for improving the nuclear forensic and attribution capabilities of the United States required under section 1036 of the National Defense Authoriza- tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010; ‘‘(11) establish, within the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, the National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center to pro- vide centralized stewardship, planning, assessment, gap anal- ysis, exercises, improvement, and integration for all Federal nuclear forensics and attribution activities— ‘‘(A) to ensure an enduring national technical nuclear forensics capability to strengthen the collective response of the United States to nuclear terrorism or other nuclear attacks; and ‘‘(B) to coordinate and implement the national strategic five-year plan referred to in paragraph (10); ‘‘(12) establish a National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program, which— ‘‘(A) is devoted to developing and maintaining a vibrant and enduring academic pathway from undergraduate to post-doctorate study in nuclear and geochemical science specialties directly relevant to technical nuclear forensics, including radiochemistry, geochemistry, nuclear physics, nuclear engineering, materials science, and analytical chemistry; ‘‘(B) shall— ‘‘(i) make available for undergraduate study stu- dent scholarships, with a duration of up to 4 years per student, which shall include, if possible, at least 1 summer internship at a national laboratory or appro- priate Federal agency in the field of technical nuclear forensics during the course of the student’s under- graduate career; ‘‘(ii) make available for doctoral study student fellowships, with a duration of up to 5 years per stu- dent, which shall— ‘‘(I) include, if possible, at least 2 summer internships at a national laboratory or appropriate Federal agency in the field of technical nuclear forensics during the course of the student’s grad- uate career; and ‘‘(II) require each recipient to commit to serve for 2 years in a post-doctoral position in a technical nuclear forensics-related specialty at a national laboratory or appropriate Federal agency after graduation; ‘‘(iii) make available to faculty awards, with a duration of 3 to 5 years each, to ensure faculty and their graduate students have a sustained funding stream; and ‘‘(iv) place a particular emphasis on reinvigorating technical nuclear forensics programs while encouraging the participation of undergraduate students, graduate students, and university faculty from historically Black Scholarships and fellowships. Establishment.
