Definitions

In this Act: (1) Advanced nuclear reactor The term advanced nuclear reactor means— (A) a nuclear fission reactor, including a prototype plant (as defined in sections 50.2 and 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)), with significant improvements compared to reactors operating on October 19, 2016, including improvements such as— (i) additional inherent safety features; (ii) lower waste yields; (iii) improved fuel and material performance; (iv) increased tolerance to loss of fuel cooling; (v) enhanced reliability or improved resilience; (vi) increased proliferation resistance; (vii) increased thermal efficiency; (viii) reduced consumption of cooling water and other environmental impacts; (ix) the ability to integrate into electric applications and nonelectric applications; (x) modular sizes to allow for deployment that corresponds with the demand for electricity or process heat; and (xi) operational flexibility to respond to changes in demand for electricity or process heat and to complement integration with intermittent renewable energy or energy storage; (B) a fusion reactor; and (C) a radioisotope power system that utilizes heat from radioactive decay to generate energy. (2) Ally or partner nation The term ally or partner nation means— (A) the Government of any country that is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; (B) the Government of the Republic of India; and (C) the Government of any country designated as an ally or partner nation by the Secretary of State for purposes of this Act. (3) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. (4) Assistant The term Assistant means the Assistant to the President and Director for International Nuclear Energy Policy described in section 3(a)(1)(D). (5) Associated entity The term associated entity means an entity that— (A) is owned, controlled, or operated by— (i) an ally or partner nation; or (ii) an associated individual; or (B) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country described in paragraph (2), including a corporation that is incorporated in a country described in that paragraph. (6) Associated individual The term associated individual means a foreign national who is a national of a country described in paragraph (2). (7) Civil nuclear The term civil nuclear means activities relating to— (A) nuclear plant construction; (B) nuclear fuel services; (C) nuclear energy financing; (D) nuclear plant operations; (E) nuclear plant regulation; (F) nuclear medicine; (G) nuclear safety; (H) community engagement in areas in reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; (I) infrastructure support for nuclear energy; (J) nuclear plant decommissioning; (K) nuclear liability; (L) safe storage and safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel; (M) environmental safeguards; (N) nuclear nonproliferation and security; and (O) technology related to the matters described in subparagraphs (A) through (N). (8) Embarking civil nuclear nation (A) In general The term embarking civil nuclear nation means a country that— (i) does not have a civil nuclear energy program; (ii) is in the process of developing or expanding a civil nuclear energy program, including safeguards and a legal and regulatory framework, for— (I) nuclear safety; (II) nuclear security; (III) radioactive waste management; (IV) civil nuclear energy; (V) environmental safeguards; (VI) community engagement in areas in reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; (VII) nuclear liability; or (VIII) advanced nuclear reactor licensing; (iii) is in the process of selecting, developing, constructing, or utilizing advanced light water reactors, advanced nuclear reactors, or advanced civil nuclear technologies; or (iv) had an annual per capita gross domestic product of not more than $28,000 in 2020. (B) Exclusions The term embarking civil nuclear nation does not include— (i) the People’s Republic of China; (ii) the Russian Federation; (iii) the Republic of Belarus; (iv) the Islamic Republic of Iran; (v) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; (vi) the Republic of Cuba; (vii) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; (viii) the Syrian Arab Republic; (ix) Burma; or (x) any other country— (I) the property or interests in property of the government of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or (II) the government of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of— (aa) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); (bb) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); (cc) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); or (dd) any other relevant provision of law. (9) Nuclear safety The term nuclear safety means issues relating to the design, construction, operation, or decommissioning of nuclear facilities in a manner that provides reasonable assurance of adequate protection for workers, the public, and the environment, including— (A) the safe operation of nuclear reactors and other nuclear facilities; (B) radiological protection of— (i) members of the public; (ii) workers; and (iii) the environment; (C) nuclear waste management; (D) emergency preparedness; (E) nuclear liability; and (F) the safe transportation of nuclear materials. (10) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (11) Spent nuclear fuel The term spent nuclear fuel has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). (12) U.S. nuclear energy company The term U.S. nuclear energy company means a company that— (A) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United States; and (B) is involved in the nuclear energy industry.