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The provisions of Executive Order Numbered 12344, dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, shall remain in force until changed by law.
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**(a) In general** (1) There is in the Administration a Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors. The director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program provided for under the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order shall serve as the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors. (2) Within the Department of Energy, the Deputy Administrator shall report to the Secretary of Energy through the Administrator and shall have direct access to the Secretary and other senior officials in the Department. **(b) Duties** The Deputy Administrator shall be assigned the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability for all functions of the Office of Naval Reactors under the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order. **(c) Effect on Executive Order** Except as otherwise specified in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provisions of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order remain in full force and effect until changed by law. **(d) Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order** As used in this section, the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order is Executive Order No. 12344, dated February 1, 1982 ([42 U.S.C. 7158](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7158&num=0&edition=prelim) note) 11 See References in Text note below. (as in force pursuant to section 1634 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98–525; [42 U.S.C. 7158](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7158&num=0&edition=prelim) note)).1
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department of Energy a separately organized agency to be known as the National Nuclear Security Administration (in this chapter referred to as the “Administration”). **(b) Mission** The mission of the Administration shall be the following: (1) To enhance United States national security through the military application of nuclear energy. (2) To support the deterrence of strategic attacks against the United States by maintaining and enhancing the performance, reliability, security, and safety of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test nuclear weapons as necessary in order to meet national security requirements. (3) To provide the United States Navy with safe, militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and to ensure the safe and reliable operation of those plants. (4) To promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation. (5) To reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction. (6) To support United States leadership in science and technology. **(c) Operations and activities to be carried out consistently with certain principles** In carrying out the mission of the Administration, the Administrator shall ensure that all operations and activities of the Administration are consistent with the principles of— (1) fulfilling, to the maximum extent possible, the requirements for nuclear weapons of the Department of Defense; (2) protecting the environment; (3) safeguarding the safety and health of the public and of the workforce of the Administration; and (4) ensuring the security of the nuclear weapons, nuclear material, and classified information in the custody of the Administration.
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There are transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary all functions of the Secretary of Commerce, the Department of Commerce, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Energy Programs, but limited to industrial energy conservation programs.
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**(a) Partnerships.—** For the purpose of facilitating the transfer of technology, the Secretary of Energy shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that research on and development of dual-use critical technology carried out through atomic energy defense activities is conducted through cooperative research and development agreements, or other arrangements, that involve laboratories of the Department of Energy and other entities. **(b) Cooperative Research and Development Centers.—** (1) Subject to the availability of appropriations provided for such purpose, the Administrator shall establish a cooperative research and development center described in paragraph (2) at each national security laboratory. (2) A cooperative research and development center described in this paragraph is a center to foster collaborative scientific research, technology development, and the appropriate transfer of research and technology to users in addition to the national security laboratories. (3) In establishing a cooperative research and development center under this subsection, the Administrator— (A) shall enter into cooperative research and development agreements with governmental, public, academic, or private entities; and (B) may enter into a contract with respect to constructing, purchasing, managing, or leasing buildings or other facilities. **(c) Definitions.—** In this section: (1) The term “dual-use critical technology” means a technology— (A) that is critical to atomic energy defense activities, as determined by the Secretary of Energy; (B) that has military applications and nonmilitary applications; and (C) that is a defense critical technology (as defined in section 4801). (2) The term “cooperative research and development agreement” has the meaning
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**(a) General authority** Each Federal agency may permit the director of any of its Government-operated Federal laboratories, and, to the extent provided in an agency-approved joint work statement or, if permitted by the agency, in an agency-approved annual strategic plan, the director of any of its Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories— (1) to enter into cooperative research and development agreements on behalf of such agency (subject to subsection (c) of this section) with other Federal agencies; units of State, local, or territorial government; industrial organizations (including corporations, partnerships, and limited partnerships, and industrial development organizations); public and private foundations; nonprofit organizations (including universities); or other persons (including licensees of inventions owned by the Federal agency); and (2) to negotiate licensing agreements under [section 207 of title 35](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title35-section207&num=0&edition=prelim), or under other authorities (in the case of a Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory, subject to subsection (c) of this section) for inventions made or other intellectual property developed at the laboratory and other inventions or other intellectual property that may be voluntarily assigned to the Government. **(b) Enumerated authority** (1) Under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a)(1), the laboratory may grant, or agree to grant in advance, to a collaborating party patent licenses or assignments, or options thereto, in any invention made in whole or in part by a laboratory employee under the agreement, or, subject to [section 209 of title 35](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title35-section
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**(a) Regulations required** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall promulgate regulations for industrial and construction health and safety at Department of Energy facilities that are operated by contractors covered by agreements of indemnification under [section 2210(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2210/d&num=0&edition=prelim), after public notice and opportunity for comment under [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim) (commonly known as the “Administrative Procedure Act”). Such regulations shall, subject to paragraph (3), provide a level of protection for workers at such facilities that is substantially equivalent to the level of protection currently provided to such workers at such facilities. (2) **Applicability** — The regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall not apply to any facility that is a component of, or any activity conducted under, the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program provided for under Executive Order No. 12344, dated February 1, 1982 (as in force pursuant to section 1634 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98–525)). (3) **Flexibility** — In promulgating the regulations under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include flexibility— (A) to tailor implementation of such regulations to reflect activities and hazards associated with a particular work environment; (B) to take into account special circumstances at a facility that is, or is expected to be, permanently closed and that is expected to be demolished, or title to which is expected to be transferred to another entity for reuse; and (C) to achieve national security missions of the Department of Energy in
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As used in this subchapter, the term “Department of Energy defense nuclear facility” means any of the following: (1) A production facility or utilization facility (as defined in [section 2014 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014&num=0&edition=prelim)) that is under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy and that is operated for national security purposes, but the term does not include— (A) any facility or activity covered by Executive Order No. 12344, dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the Naval nuclear propulsion program; (B) any facility or activity involved with the transportation of nuclear explosives or nuclear material; (C) any facility that does not conduct atomic energy defense activities; or (D) any facility owned by the United States Enrichment Corporation. (2) A nuclear waste storage facility under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy, but the term does not include a facility developed pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ([42 U.S.C. 10101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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**(a) Discrimination against employee** (1) No employer may discharge any employee or otherwise discriminate against any employee with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the employee (or any person acting pursuant to a request of the employee)— (A) notified his employer of an alleged violation of this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ([42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); (B) refused to engage in any practice made unlawful by this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, if the employee has identified the alleged illegality to the employer; (C) testified before Congress or at any Federal or State proceeding regarding any provision (or proposed provision) of this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; (D) commenced, caused to be commenced, or is about to commence or cause to be commenced a proceeding under this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or a proceeding for the administration or enforcement of any requirement imposed under this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; (E) testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or; (F) assisted or participated or is about to assist or participate in any manner in such a proceeding or in any other manner in such a proceeding or in any other action to carry out the purposes of this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (2) For purposes of this section, the term “employer” includes— (A) a licensee of the Commission or of an agreement State under section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ([42 U.S.C. 2021](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2021&num=0&edit
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The Division of Naval Reactors established pursuant to [section 2035 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2035&num=0&edition=prelim), and responsible for research, design, development, health, and safety matters pertaining to naval nuclear propulsion plants and assigned civilian power reactor programs is transferred to the Department under the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and such organizational unit shall be deemed to be an organizational unit established by this chapter.
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In this subchapter: (1) The term “covered employee” means any of the following: (A) A covered beryllium employee. (B) A covered employee with cancer. (C) To the extent provided in [section 7384r of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7384r&num=0&edition=prelim), a covered employee with chronic silicosis (as defined in that section). (2) The term “atomic weapon” has the meaning given that term in [section 2014(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014/d&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) The term “atomic weapons employee” means any of the following: (A) An individual employed by an atomic weapons employer during a period when the employer was processing or producing, for the use by the United States, material that emitted radiation and was used in the production of an atomic weapon, excluding uranium mining and milling. (B) An individual employed— (i) at a facility with respect to which the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in its report dated October 2003 and titled “Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities”, or any update to that report, found that there is a potential for significant residual contamination outside of the period in which weapons-related production occurred; (ii) by an atomic weapons employer or subsequent owner or operators of a facility described in clause (i); and (iii) during a period, as specified in such report or any update to such report, of potential for significant residual radioactive contamination at such facility. (4) The term “atomic weapons employer” means an entity, other than the United States, th
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