Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to report on its capabilities to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes up to 20 megawatts thermal output and related demonstration facilities at DOE-owned sites.
Prescribes report contents, including: (1) potential sites capable of hosting research, development, and demonstration of prototype reactors and related facilities; (2) long-term project costs; and (3) issues relating to potential cases of demonstration reactors up to 2 gigawatts of thermal output.
Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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2015-06-09 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344. | Senate |
2015-05-18 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate |
2015-05-18 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |
2015-05-18 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |