42 USC § 16021 - Project establishment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s16021"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 16021 - Project establishment"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "16021"
section_name: "Project establishment"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "NUCLEAR MATTERS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title VI, § 641, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 115–248, § 2(b)(2), Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3155.)"
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# § 16021. Project establishment

**(a)** **Establishment** The Secretary shall establish a project to be known as the “Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project” (referred to in this part as the “Project”).

**(b)** **Content** The Project shall consist of the research, development, design, construction, and operation of a prototype plant, including a nuclear reactor that—

**1** is based on research and development activities supported by the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative under section 16272(c) [^1] of this title; and

See References in Text note below.

**(2)** shall be used—

**(A)** to generate electricity;

**(B)** to produce hydrogen; or

**(C)** both to generate electricity and to produce hydrogen.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title VI, § 641, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 115–248, § 2(b)(2), Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3155.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was amended generally by , ,  and, as amended,  no longer refers to the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative.

### Amendments

2018— substituted “section 16272(c)” for “section 16272(d)”, which had been an editorial translation of a reference in original text to .