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[CITE: 42USC13491]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                  SUBCHAPTER IX--ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
 
                    Part C--Advanced Nuclear Reactors
 
Sec. 13491. Purposes and definitions


(a) Purposes

    The purposes of this part are--
        (1) to require the Secretary to carry out civilian nuclear 
    programs in a way that will lead toward the commercial availability 
    of advanced nuclear reactor technologies; and
        (2) to authorize such activities to further the timely 
    availability of advanced nuclear reactor technologies, including 
    technologies that utilize standardized designs or exhibit passive 
    safety features.

(b) Definitions

    For purposes of this part--
        (1) the term ``advanced nuclear reactor technologies'' means--
            (A) advanced light water reactors that may be commercially 
        available in the near-term, including but not limited to mid-
        sized reactors with passive safety features for the generation 
        of commercial electric power from nuclear fission; and
            (B) other advanced nuclear reactor technologies that may 
        require prototype demonstration prior to commercial availability 
        in the mid- or long-term, including but not limited to high-
        temperature, gas-cooled reactors and liquid metal reactors, for 
        the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear 
        fission;

        (2) the term ``Commission'' means the Nuclear Regulatory 
    Commission;
        (3) the term ``standardized design'' means a design for a 
    nuclear power plant that may be utilized for a multiple number of 
    units or a multiple number of sites; and
        (4) the term ``certification'' means approval by the Commission 
    of a standardized design.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XXI, Sec. 2121, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3081.)

                       References in Text

    This part, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
subtitle'' meaning subtitle C of title XXI of Pub. L. 102-486, Oct. 24, 
1992, 106 Stat. 3081, which enacted this part and amended sections 12003 
and 12004 of this title.
