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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 353
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session J SENATE1 116-203
NUCLEAR ENERGY RENEWAL ACT OF 2019
JANUARY 9, 2020.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2368]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 2368) to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to support licensing and reli-
censing of certain nuclear facilities and nuclear energy research,
demonstration, and development, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and
recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
AMENDMENTS
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019.
SEC. 2. LIGHT WATER REACTOR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.
Section 952 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16272) is amended by
striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
(b) LIGHT WATER REACTOR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.-The Secretary shall carry
out a light water reactor sustainability program-
(1) to ensure the achievement of maximum benefits from existing nuclear
generation;
(2) to accommodate the increase in applications for nuclear power plant li-
cense renewals expected as of the date of enactment of this subsection;
(3) to enable the continued operation of existing nuclear power plants
through technology development;
(4) to improve the performance and reduce the operation and maintenance
costs of nuclear power plants;
(5) to promote the use of high-performance computing to simulate nuclear re-
actor processes;
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