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106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3282
To authorize funding for University Nuclear Science and Engineering
Programs at the Department of Energy for fiscal years 2002 through
2006.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 15 (legislative day, September 22), 2000
Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To authorize funding for University Nuclear Science and Engineering
Programs at the Department of Energy for fiscal years 2002 through
2006.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Department of Energy University Nuclear
Science and Engineering Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS
The Congress finds the following:
(1) U.S. university nuclear science and engineering
programs are in a state of serious decline. The supply of
bachelor degree nuclear science and engineering personnel in
the United States is at a 35-year low. The number of four year
degree nuclear engineering programs has declined 50 percent to
approximately 25 programs nationwide. Over two-thirds of the
faculty in these programs are 45 years or older.
(2) Universities cannot afford to support their research
and training reactors. Since 1980, the number of small training
reactors in the United States have declined by over 50 percent
to 28 reactors. Most of these reactors were built in the late
1950s and 1960s with 30- to 40-year operating licenses, and
will require re-licensing in the next several years.
(3) The neglect in human investment and training
infrastructure is affecting 50 years of national R&D
investment. The decline in a competent nuclear workforce, and
the lack of adequately trained nuclear scientists and
engineers, will affect the ability of the United States to
solve future waste storage issues, maintain basic nuclear
health physics programs, operate existing fission reactors in
the United States, respond to future nuclear events worldwide,
help stem the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and design and
operate naval nuclear reactors.
(4) Further neglect in the nation's investment in human
resources for the nuclear sciences will lead to a downward
spiral. As the number of nuclear science departments shrink,
faculties age, and training reactors close, the appeal of
nuclear science will be lost to future generations of students.
(5) The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Science and
Technology is well suited to help maintain tomorrow's human
resource and training investment in the nuclear sciences.
Through its support of research and development pursuant to the
Department's statutory authorities, the Office of Nuclear
Science and Technology is the principal Federal agent for
civilian research in the nuclear sciences for the United
States. The Office maintains the Nuclear Engineering and
Education Research Program which funds basic nuclear science
and engineering. The Office funds the Nuclear Energy and
Research Initiative which funds applied collaborative research
among universities, industry and national laboratories in the
areas of proliferation resistant fuel cycles and future fission
power systems. The Office funds Universities to refuel training
reactors from highly enriched to low enriched proliferation
tolerant fuels, performs instrumentation upgrades and maintains
a program of student fellowships for nuclear science,
engineering and health physics.
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Energy, through the Office of
Nuclear Science and Technology, shall support a program to maintain the
Nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in the nuclear
sciences and engineering consistent with the Department's statutory
authorities related to civilian nuclear research and development.
(b) Duties of the Office of Nuclear Science and Technology.--In
carrying out the program under this Act, the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Science and Technology shall--
(1) develop a robust graduate and undergraduate fellowship
program to attract new and talented students;
(2) assist universities in recruiting and retaining new
faculty in the nuclear sciences and engineering through a
Junior Faculty Research Initiation Grant Program;
(3) maintain a robust investment in the fundamental nuclear
sciences and engineering through the Nuclear Engineering
Education Research Program;
(4) encourage collaborative nuclear research between
industry, national laboratories and universities through the
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative; and
(5) support communication and outreach related to nuclear
science and engineering.
(c) Maintaining University Research and Training Reactors and
Associated Infrastructure.--Within the funds authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to this Act, the amounts specified under section
4(b) shall, subject to appropriations, be available for the following
research and training reactor infrastructure maintenance and research:
(1) Refueling of research reactors with low enriched fuels,
upgrade of operational instrumentation, and sharing of reactors
among universities.
(2) In collaboration with the U.S. nuclear industry,
assistance, where necessary, in re-licensing and upgrading
training reactors as part of a student training program.
(3) A reactor research and training award program that
provides for reactor improvements as part of a focused effort
that emphasizes research, training, and education.
(d) University-DOE Laboratory Interactions.--The Secretary of
Energy, through the Office of Nuclear Science and Technology, shall
develop--
(1) a sabbatical fellowship program for university
professors to spend extended periods of time at Department of
Energy laboratories in the areas of nuclear science; and
(2) a visiting scientist program in which laboratory staff
can spend time in academic nuclear science and engineering
departments.
The Secretary shall also provide for fellowships for students to spend
time at Department of Energy laboratories in the area of nuclear
science.
(e) Merit Review Required.--All grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, or other financial assistance awards under this Act shall
be made only after independent merit review.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Total Authorization.--The following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Energy, to remain available until
expended, for the purposes of carrying out this Act:
(1) $44,200,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $56,450,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $63,100,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $61,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $71,700,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(b) Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships.--Of the funds under
subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 3(b)(1):
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $5,100,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(c) Junior Faculty Research Initiation Grant Program.--Of the funds
under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 3(b)(2):
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $11,500,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $11,500,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $11,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(d) Nuclear Engineering and Education Research Program.--Of the
funds under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 3(b)(3):
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(e) Communication and Outreach Related to Nuclear Science and
Engineering.--Of the funds under subsection (a), the following sums are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 3(b)(5):
(1) $200,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $250,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $300,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $300,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $300,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(f) Refueling of Research Reactors and Instrumentation Upgrades.--
Of the funds under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out section 3(c)(1):
(1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(g) Re-Licensing Assistance.--Of the funds under subsection (a),
the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 3(c)(2):
(1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(h) Reactor Research and Training Award Program.--Of the funds
under subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 3(c)(3):
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(i) University--DOE Laboratory Interactions.--Of the funds under
subsection (a), the following sums are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 3(d):
(1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(3) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(4) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(5) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2006.
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