PRODUCTION REACTOR ACQUISITION STRATEGY

SEC. 3136. PRODUCTION REACTOR ACQUISITION STRATEGY (a) Report.—The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report describing the strategy of the Secretary for acquiring new reactor capacity for the production of nuclear materials. The report shall include the following: (1) An evaluation, including a discussion of all safety features considered, of the alternative sites and technologies for acquiring new reactor capacity for the production of nuclear materials. (2) The associated costs and schedules of such alternative sites and technologies, including annual funding requirements. (3) The recommendations of the Secretary of Energy with respect to— (A) the preferred sites and technologies for acquiring new reactor capacity for the production of nuclear materials; and (B) an acquisition strategy for eventual procurement, either in a phased approach or concurrently, of two reactors with different technologies in different locations. (b) Deadline.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted as soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act, but no later than February 1, 1988.