---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16022"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16022"
heading: "Project management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16022"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter VI — Nuclear Matters"
  - "Part B — Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project"
---

# §16022. Project management

- (a) **Departmental management—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) shall be managed in the [Department](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1) by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology.
  - (2) **Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems program—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) may combine the [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) with the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative.
  - (3) **Existing DOE project management expertise—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) may utilize capabilities for review of [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) [projects](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) for advanced scientific facilities within the Office of Science to track the progress of the [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12).
- (b) **Laboratory management—**
  - (1) **Lead Laboratory—** The Idaho [National Laboratory](/usc/42/15801.md?p=3) shall be the lead [National Laboratory](/usc/42/15801.md?p=3) for the [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) and shall collaborate with other [National Laboratories](/usc/42/15801.md?p=3), institutions of higher education, other research institutes, industrial researchers, and international researchers to carry out the [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12).
  - (2) **Industrial partnerships—**
    - (A) **In general—** The Idaho [National Laboratory](/usc/42/15801.md?p=3) shall organize a [consortium](/usc/42/17061.md?p=4) of appropriate industrial partners that will carry out cost-shared research, development, design, and [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) activities, and operate research facilities, on behalf of the [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12).
    - (B) **Cost-sharing—** Activities of industrial partners funded by the [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) shall be cost-shared in accordance with [section 16352 of this title](/usc/42/16352.md).
    - (C) **Preference—** Preference in determining the final structure of the [consortium](/usc/42/17061.md?p=4) or any partnerships under this part shall be given to a structure (including designating as a lead industrial partner an entity incorporated in the United States) that retains United States technological leadership in the [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) while maximizing cost sharing opportunities and minimizing Federal funding responsibilities.
  - (3) **Prototype plant siting—** The prototype nuclear reactor and associated plant shall be sited at the Idaho [National Laboratory](/usc/42/15801.md?p=3) in Idaho.
  - (4) **Reactor test capabilities—** The [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) shall use, if appropriate, reactor test capabilities at the Idaho [National Laboratory](/usc/42/15801.md?p=3).
  - (5) **Other Laboratory capabilities—** The [Project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) may use, if appropriate, facilities at other [National Laboratories](/usc/42/15801.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title VI, § 642, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 795.)