SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DESIGNATION OF SITE FOR NEW PRODUCTION REACTOR AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SEC. 3139. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DESIGNATION OF SITE FOR NEW PRODUCTION REACTOR AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA. (a) Findings.—The Congress finds that the longstanding role of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, in the production of tritium and other nuclear materials, the infrastructure in place at the Savannah River Site for processing tritium, and the role planned for the Savannah River Site in the nuclear weapons production complex in the future all indicate that the Savannah River Site would be the best site for construction of the new production reactor. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy should select the Savannah River Site for the site of the new production reactor. (c) Notice and Wait Provision.—If the Secretary of Energy selects, in the Record of Decision of the environmental impact statement for the new production reactor, a site for the new production reactor other than the Savannah River Site, the Secretary— (1) may not obligate any funds for site-specific activities or procurement until the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the Record of Decision, or until Congress approves the site selected, whichever is earlier; and (2) shall submit to Congress, on the date of issuance of the Record of Decision, a report describing the reasons for selecting a site other than the Savannah River Site.