Department of Energy Nuclear Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9084 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9084

    To increase transparency relating to the Department of Energy's 
             authorizations of certain nuclear facilities.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 2, 2026

Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
    To increase transparency relating to the Department of Energy's 
             authorizations of certain nuclear facilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Nuclear 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
              ACTIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

    (a) Alterations to Directives and Safety Standards.--
            (1) Public announcement.--Not later than 24 hours after 
        altering a directive or safety standard relating to covered DOE 
        nuclear facilities, the Secretary of Energy shall post, on a 
        publicly accessible website of the Department of Energy, an 
        announcement regarding such alteration.
            (2) Inclusion.--Each announcement under paragraph (1) shall 
        include a summary of how the relevant directive or safety 
        standard was altered.
    (b) Documented Safety Analysis.--
            (1) Public announcement.--Not later than 24 hours after 
        issuing any preliminary documented safety analysis or 
        documented safety analysis with respect to a covered DOE 
        nuclear facility, the Secretary of Energy shall post, on a 
        publicly accessible website of the Department of Energy, an 
        announcement regarding the issuance of such preliminary 
        documented safety analysis or documented safety analysis.
            (2) Inclusion.--
                    (A) Analysis.--Subject to subparagraph (B), each 
                announcement under paragraph (1) shall include the 
                relevant preliminary documented safety analysis or 
                documented safety analysis.
                    (B) Commercially sensitive information.--The 
                Secretary of Energy may modify a preliminary documented 
                safety analysis or documented safety analysis included 
                in an announcement under paragraph (1) only to ensure 
                that such preliminary documented safety analysis or 
                documented safety analysis does not include any 
                commercially sensitive information.
    (c) Authorizations.--Not later than 24 hours after entering into an 
agreement to authorize a covered DOE nuclear facility, the Secretary of 
Energy shall post, on a publicly accessible website of the Department 
of Energy, an announcement regarding such agreement, including 
information regarding any conditions applying to such agreement.
    (d) Report.--Not later than January 31 of each year, the Secretary 
of Energy shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report detailing any activities the Secretary 
of Energy took to authorize covered DOE nuclear facilities during the 
previous calendar year.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered doe nuclear facility.--The term ``covered DOE 
        nuclear facility'' means any of the Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 
        DOE nuclear facilities (as such term is defined in section 
        830.3(a) of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
        on the date of enactment of this section)) that the Secretary 
        of Energy holds authority over pursuant to section 110 a. of 
        the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2140(a)).
            (2) Documented safety analysis; preliminary documented 
        safety analysis.--The terms ``documented safety analysis'' and 
        ``preliminary documented safety analysis'' have the meanings 
        given such terms, respectively, in section 830.3(a) of title 
        10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
        enactment of this section).
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