Pilot program on Navy installation nuclear energy

(a) Pilot program required Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall carry out a ten-year pilot program at one or more naval installations for the purpose of determining how small modular reactors or mobile reactors could be used— (1) to meet the coastal installation energy needs of the Navy during the ten-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) to inform the development of concepts for the use of nuclear power facilities to support increased energy security for Navy and Marine Corps installations. (b) Installation prioritization In selecting naval installations for the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall prioritize an installation that— (1) has entered into, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, a memorandum of agreement with a private power provider to explore the use of a small modular reactor or mobile reactor for installation energy requirements; and (2) contributes support to naval operational forces in the mid-Atlantic region. (c) Public-private partnerships (1) Available infrastructure The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment may carry out the pilot program required by subsection (a) by assessing and making recommendations regarding how to make available the facilities of a Navy or Marine Corps program selected for participation in the pilot program. (2) Data centers As part of the pilot program, the Assistant Secretary shall evaluate and make recommendations regarding how to make available Navy or Marine Corps facilities to co-locate data centers with the assessed, representative small modular reactors or mobile reactors. (3) Contracts The pilot program does not require the Secretary of the Navy to enter into any new contract, such as an energy savings performance contract. (d) Reporting requirements (1) Annual report In each report submitted under section 2925 of title 10, United States Code, during the period beginning on the date that is one year after the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2032, the Secretary of the Navy shall include, for the year covered by the report, each of the following: (A) A five-year funding plan for all Navy nuclear shore and installation power programs for the Navy, including nuclear efforts provided for in the context of the Navy Shore Energy Program and any identified funding shortfalls. (B) An identification of authorities required and remaining barriers to the provision of nuclear power from a military installation to civilian energy grids. (C) A review of lessons learned from related efforts conducted by the other military departments, the Defense Innovation Unit, and any other entities the Secretary considers relevant. (D) An analysis of efforts taken by the Navy to use nuclear power on Navy installations to support data center power demands. (E) Any other details the Secretary of the Navy considers relevant. (2) Final report Upon conclusion of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes, or include in the report required under section 2925 of title 10, United States Code, for the fiscal year during which the pilot program concludes, the following: (A) An identification of the funding that would be required to convert the pilot program to a program of record. (B) An identification of all available funding provided in the budget of the Navy for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted for nuclear power at Navy and Marine Corps installations. (e) Early termination The Secretary of the Navy may terminate the pilot program before the expiration of the five-year period referred to in subsection (a) if the Secretary provides notice of such early termination to the congressional defense committees.

(a) Pilot program required Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall carry out a ten-year pilot program at not fewer than two naval installations for the purpose of determining how small modular reactors or mobile reactors could be used— (1) to meet the installation energy needs of the Navy during the ten-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) to inform the development of concepts for the use of nuclear power facilities to support increased energy security for Navy and Marine Corps installations. (b) Installation prioritization In selecting naval installations for the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall prioritize an installation that— (1) has entered into, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, a memorandum of agreement with a private power provider or reactor technology vendor to explore the use of a small modular reactor or mobile reactor designed for standardized and scaleable production for installation energy requirements; and (2) contributes support to naval operations at mid-Atlantic region installations. (c) Public-private partnerships (1) Available infrastructure The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment may carry out the pilot program required by subsection (a) by assessing and making recommendations regarding how to make available the facilities of a Navy or Marine Corps program selected for participation in the pilot program. (2) Data centers As part of the pilot program, the Assistant Secretary shall evaluate and make recommendations regarding how to make available Navy or Marine Corps facilities to co-locate data centers with the assessed, representative small modular reactors or mobile reactors. (3) Contracts The pilot program does not require the Secretary of the Navy to enter into any new contract, such as an energy savings performance contract. (d) Reporting requirements (1) Annual report In each report submitted under section 2925 of title 10, United States Code, during the period beginning on the date that is one year after the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2032, the Secretary of the Navy shall include, for the year covered by the report, each of the following: (A) A five-year funding plan for all Navy nuclear shore and installation power programs for the Navy, including nuclear efforts provided for in the context of the Navy Shore Energy Program and any identified funding shortfalls. (B) An identification of authorities required and remaining barriers to the provision of nuclear power from a military installation to civilian energy grids. (C) A review of lessons learned from related efforts conducted by the other military departments, the Defense Innovation Unit, and any other entities the Secretary considers relevant. (D) An analysis of efforts taken by the Navy to use nuclear power on Navy installations to support data center power demands. (E) Any other details the Secretary of the Navy considers relevant. (2) Final report Upon conclusion of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes, or include in the report required under section 2925 of title 10, United States Code, for the fiscal year during which the pilot program concludes, the following: (A) An identification of the funding that would be required to convert the pilot program to a program of record. (B) An identification of all available funding provided in the budget of the Navy for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted for nuclear power at Navy and Marine Corps installations. (e) Early termination The Secretary of the Navy may terminate the pilot program before the expiration of the five-year period referred to in subsection (a) if the Secretary provides notice of such early termination to the congressional defense committees. (f) Mid-Atlantic region installation defined The term mid-Atlantic region installation means any installation covered under the geographic parameters of the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic on the date of the enactment of this Act.