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42 U.S.C. § 16318 — Hydrogen
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall conduct a program of fundamental research and development in support of programs authorized under subchapter VIII.
**(b) Methods** The program shall include support for methods of generating hydrogen without the use of natural gas.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall conduct a program of fundamental research and development in support of programs authorized under subchapter VIII.
**(b) Methods** The program shall include support for methods of generating hydrogen without the use of natural gas.
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**(a) Program** As part of the activities authorized under [section 7139 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7139&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 16312 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16312&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director shall carry out a fusion energy sciences research and enabling technology development program to effectively address the scientific and engineering challenges to building a cost competitive fusion power plant and to support the development of a competitive fusion power industry in the United States. As part of this program, the Director shall carry out research activities to expand the fundamental understandings of plasma and matter at very high temperatures and densities for fusion applications and for other engineering and plasma science applications.
**(b) Fusion materials research and development**
(1) **In general** — As part of the activities authorized in [section 16318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16318&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(A) the Director, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy of the Department, shall carry out research and development activities to identify, characterize, and demonstrate materials that can endure the neutron, plasma, and heat fluxes expected in a fusion power system; and
(B) the Director shall provide an assessment of—
(i) the need for one or more facilities that can examine and test potential fusion and next generation fission materials and other enabling technologies relevant to the development of fusion power; and
(ii) whether a single new facility that substantially addresses magnetic fusion and
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 16320
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This part, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the origi-
nal ‘‘this subtitle’’, meaning subtitle G (§§ 971–984A) of
title IX of Pub. L. 109–58, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 898,
which enacted this part and amended section 5523 of
Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classifica-
tion of subtitle G to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 117–167 added subsec. (f) and
struck out former subsec. (f) which related to establish-
ment of at least 7 bioenergy research centers to carry
out the program under subsec. (a) of this section.
2007—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 110–140, § 232(a)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘computational biology, and environmental
science’’ for ‘‘and computational biology’’.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–140, § 232(a)(2)(A), inserted
‘‘in sustainable production systems that reduce green-
house gas emissions’’ after ‘‘hydrogen’’.
Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 110–140, § 232(a)(2)(B)–(D),
added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–140, § 233, added subsec. (f).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2007 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date
that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub.
L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under sec-
tion 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
§ 16318. Fission and fusion energy materials re-
search program
(a) In general
Along with the budget request of the President
submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2007, the
Secretary shall establish a research and develop-
ment program on material science issues pre-
sented by advanced fission reactors and the fu-
sion energy program of the Department.
(b) Administrat
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