42 U.S.C. § 9704 — National reactor engineering simulator feasibility study
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-567 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 253 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must study whether a reactor-engineering simulator should be established at a national laboratory and whether it is feasible. The Secretary must consider listed technical, safety, cost-sharing, cooperation, and location factors and report the conclusions to Congress.
(a) The Secretary*, consulting with the Commission* and the Advisory Committee*, must begin a study of the need for and feasibility of establishing a reactor-engineering simulator facility at a national laboratory. Its main purpose would be to support research into general design improvements and simplifications by simulating different light-water reactors under many abnormal and proposed-accident conditions.
(b) In the study, the Secretary must consider relevant factors, including—
(1) the possible benefits of establishing the facility;
(2) how much the facility would advance this chapter’s general safety research and development program;
(3) how much nongovernmental entities could establish the facility;
(4) opportunities for nongovernmental entities to share the cost of building and operating it;
(5) the facility’s importance in emergencies to limit the extent of future nuclear-powerplant excursions;
(6) the possibility of international cooperation in establishing and operating it; and
(7) which national laboratory would be the proper location.
(c) By January 1, 1982, the Secretary must give the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources a report describing the study and its conclusions and recommendations.
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.
In performing the study, the Secretary shall consider relevant factors including, but not limited to—
the potential advantages that would accrue from the establishment of such a facility;
the extent to which such a facility would further the generic safety research and development program established by this chapter;
the extent to which such a facility can be established by nongovernmental entities;
the opportunities for cost sharing by nongovernmental entities in the construction and operation of such a facility;
the importance of such a facility in emergencies to limit the extent of any future nuclear powerplant excursions;
the potential for international cooperation in the establishment and operation of such a facility; and
the appropriate national laboratory for siting such a facility.
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.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–567, § 5, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3331.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-567 · 94 Stat. 3331
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