§16279c Organization and Administration of Programs

Summary

The Secretary must coordinate and manage nuclear energy research across the Department and other federal agencies, including the National Laboratories. The Secretary must work with industry, labs, colleges (including minority-serving schools and research reactors), Tribal groups (including Alaska Native Corporations), and international experts, and should promote projects that bring these partners together. Project results must be shared on Department websites, reports, databases, training materials, and at conferences, unless protected under section 552(b) of title 5. The Secretary must also fund education, outreach, technical help, and analyses to support nonhardware and information advances and help commercial use of nuclear energy in rural, Tribal, and low-income communities. All programs must get an annual review by the Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee or another independent reviewer. The Secretary must not publish information that would harm national security, as the Secretary decides.