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Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act

Introduced: February 1, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Jul 18, 2001
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Feb 1, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1017-1018)
Feb 1, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1016-1017)
Feb 1, 2001
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Office of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, to support a program to maintain the nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in nuclear sciences and engineering.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) promote interactions between university and Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories; and (2) provide student fellowships at DOE nuclear science laboratories.

Authorizes appropriations through FY2006 that target: (1) graduate and undergraduate fellowships; (2) junior faculty research initiation grant programs; (3) nuclear engineering and education research programs; (4) communication and outreach related to nuclear science and engineering; (5) refueling research reactors and instrumentation upgrades; (6) re-licensing assistance; (7) reactor research and training award program; and (8) university-DOE laboratory interactions.

What's happening now July 18, 2001

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

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