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[CITE: 42USC9704]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 104--NUCLEAR SAFETY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION
 
Sec. 9704. National reactor engineering simulator feasibility 
        study
        

(a) Consultative requirements; purpose

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission and the Advisory 
Committee, shall initiate a study of the need for and feasibility of 
establishing a reactor engineering simulator facility at a national 
laboratory, for the primary purpose of fostering research in generic 
design improvements and simplifications through the simulation of the 
performance of various types of light water reactors under a wide 
variety of abnormal conditions and postulated accident conditions.

(b) Applicability of relevant factors

    In performing the study, the Secretary shall consider relevant 
factors including, but not limited to--
        (1) the potential advantages that would accrue from the 
    establishment of such a facility;
        (2) the extent to which such a facility would further the 
    generic safety research and development program established by this 
    chapter;
        (3) the extent to which such a facility can be established by 
    nongovernmental entities;
        (4) the opportunities for cost sharing by nongovernmental 
    entities in the construction and operation of such a facility;
        (5) the importance of such a facility in emergencies to limit 
    the extent of any future nuclear powerplant excursions;
        (6) the potential for international cooperation in the 
    establishment and operation of such a facility; and
        (7) the appropriate national laboratory for siting such a 
    facility.

(c) Report to Congressional committees

    The Secretary shall, by January 1, 1982, submit to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report characterizing 
the study and the resulting conclusions and recommendations.

(Pub. L. 96-567, Sec. 5, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3331.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives 
changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of 
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundredth Congress, Jan. 
6, 1987. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Science of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of certain functions from Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
to Chairman thereof, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1980, 45 F.R. 40561, 94 
Stat. 3585, set out as a note under section 5841 of this title.
